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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VII - Feeding the Monster (Chapters XXXIII-XXXVII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nature of the argument between Polemides and Eunice?
(a) War.
(b) Children.
(c) Marriage.
(d) House.

2. Which of the following adjectives is used to describe Alcibiades' personality?
(a) Forceful.
(b) Open.
(c) Subtle.
(d) Cunning.

3. Who assassinated Alcibiades?
(a) Nicolaus.
(b) Jason.
(c) Polemides.
(d) Plato.

4. Which of the following was absent during the celebration of Victoria's manhood?
(a) Conon.
(b) Thrasyullus.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Leon.

5. The defect causes people to see Alcibiades as being more ____.
(a) Pathetic.
(b) Harmless.
(c) Human.
(d) Vulnerable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a kleros?

2. What is the name of the marsh that is adjacent to the harbor?

3. Who is referred to as the Cat's Eye?

4. How old was the child when he died?

5. Alcibiades has which obvious physical defect?

(see the answer key)

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