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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the term used to describe the fleet of ships?
(a) Flotilla.
(b) Envoy.
(c) Armada.
(d) School.

4. Polemides no longer cares about the morals involved with the war; he only cares about which of the following?
(a) Power.
(b) His family.
(c) Money.
(d) Freedom.

5. Alcibiades learns that his agents have been ____.
(a) Killed.
(b) Double crossed.
(c) Taken hostage.
(d) Dispensed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a "hetairai"?

2. Polemides gets into trouble when his ______ overcome his superiors' orders.

3. The narrator lost his child to which disease?

4. Who returns to the city after a fall?

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

(see the answer key)

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