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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. It is said that Pericles had a gift for _____.
(a) Smithing.
(b) Public speaking.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Healing.

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

4. Who sends an official message to Polemides regarding the invasion?
(a) Lion.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Euryptolemus.

5. What was the name of the man's sister?
(a) Beatrice.
(b) Annie.
(c) Meri.
(d) Gloria.

6. Jason collects _______ belonging to Polemides to show to officials.
(a) Journals.
(b) Books.
(c) Keepsakes.
(d) Photographs.

7. Gylippus fortified the Little Harbor with seawalls and _____.
(a) Barricades.
(b) Escartments.
(c) Palisades.
(d) Retainer walls.

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

9. Gylippus was a general from which area?
(a) Athens.
(b) Crete.
(c) Telamon.
(d) Sparta.

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

11. What is the name of the assassin that approaches Polemides?
(a) Barrabas.
(b) Telamon.
(c) Kilgor.
(d) Evenrude.

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

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

14. Polemides is offered a job as a _____.
(a) Priest.
(b) Diplomat.
(c) Mercenary.
(d) Doctor.

15. How many wives did Jason have?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to have Alcibiades killed?

2. Alcibiades is marked for death due to his ____.

3. It is said that camp wives are only one step above _____.

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

5. Gylippus outlawed which of the following social pleasures?

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