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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book II - The Long Walls (Chapters VI-IX).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The grandfather refers to _____ as being the noblest of men.
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Aristotle.

2. The narrator lost his child to which disease?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Cholera.
(d) Bubonic Plague.

3. The plan to protect the city included building ___ walls around the perimeter.
(a) Stone.
(b) Movable.
(c) Wooden.
(d) Fortified.

4. Polemides seeks help from ____ in finding his cousin.
(a) Ptolemy.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Alcibiades
(d) Jason.

5. It is said that Pericles had a gift for _____.
(a) Healing.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Smithing.
(d) Public speaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the assassin that approaches Polemides?

2. When Polemides finds his cousin, he discovers a group of people involves in which of the following?

3. How old was the child when he died?

4. Upon his return, the man went to live with which of the following?

5. How many wives did Jason have?

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