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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Jason tells the narrator that he is a ______ whelp.
(a) Poor.
(b) Greedy.
(c) Flightless.
(d) Brave.

3. Soldiers were continually hired even during periods of ____________.
(a) War.
(b) A truce.
(c) Victory.
(d) Peace.

4. The man found that the city had been decimated by which disease?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Plague.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Typhus.

5. The grandfather lived through the time when the famous ______ was built.
(a) Eiffel Tower.
(b) Parthenon.
(c) Colesseum.
(d) Lighthouse at Alexandria.

6. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?
(a) Sister.
(b) Brother.
(c) Son.
(d) Father.

7. The chronicle makes comparisons between Alcibiades and the great hero _______.
(a) Achilles.
(b) Hercules.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Athena.

8. While Polemides works for Athens, he continues to run errands for which of the following?
(a) Mykonos.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Ibiza.
(d) Crete.

9. This loss also meant the loss of the driving force behind the _____ invasion.
(a) Greek.
(b) Athenian.
(c) Sicilian.
(d) Spartan.

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

11. Which of the following is not one of the charges brought against Alcibiades?
(a) Heresy.
(b) Profanity.
(c) Treason.
(d) Impiety.

12. The injured man married _____.
(a) Phoebe.
(b) Alberta.
(c) Constance.
(d) Mildred.

13. The tables turn when the Athenians agree to Nicias' _____.
(a) Requirements.
(b) Plans.
(c) Ransom.
(d) Orders.

14. Upon his return, the man went to live with which of the following?
(a) Jane.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Sylvie.
(d) Gertrude.

15. During this uprising, the statue of ____ is desecrated.
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Athena.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Unable to make much headway, the fleet decides to _____.

2. What is the name of Polemides' cousin?

3. The author states that Alcibiades is a "Chronicler of ____."

4. How many wives did Jason have?

5. The defect causes people to see Alcibiades as being more ____.

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