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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IX - Tides of War (Chapters XLIII-XLVI).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 35 mentions the existence of which of the seven deadly sins?
(a) Envy.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Greed.

2. Jason encounters an old comrade named ____.
(a) Aegis.
(b) Black.
(c) Swift.
(d) Bruise.

3. What is a "hetairai"?
(a) Stable boy.
(b) Parlor maid.
(c) Second-in-command.
(d) Courtesan.

4. Who narrates in the beginning of this book?
(a) Polemides.
(b) Grandson.
(c) Jason.
(d) Alcibiades.

5. What is the name of the marsh that is adjacent to the harbor?
(a) Dockside.
(b) Riverside.
(c) Feverside.
(d) Fewside.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of poison did Socrates drink?

2. Polemides is offered a job as a _____.

3. Which of the following is discounted as a good general?

4. When in the pavilions of the Persians, the narrator was affected by which strong emotion?

5. Chapter XIX shows the Athenian fleet hampered by the loss of its best _____.

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