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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. How old was the child when he died?
(a) One.
(b) Two years, six months.
(c) Three.
(d) 6 months.

2. The narrator talks about a large festival held in the honor of which mythical figure?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Zeus.

3. Alcibiades' counselors suggest that he go to which location?
(a) Papagos.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Crete.
(d) Athens.

4. Alcibiades writes: "Man's predicament is that he dwells at the intersection of necessity and ____."
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Impulse.
(c) Need.
(d) Free will.

5. Who was the great statesman and leader at the time?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Jason.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alcibiades is said to have had great _____.

2. What is the name of Alcibiades' enemy in Athens?

3. What was the name of the architect who had built the third Long Wall for Pericles?

4. What is the name of the woman that becomes affiliated with Polemides?

5. This woman was referred to as a ____ wife.

(see the answer key)

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