Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Polemides' cousin?
(a) Salvatore.
(b) Simpson.
(c) Stewart.
(d) Simon.

2. Gylippus outlawed which of the following social pleasures?
(a) Soccer.
(b) Shotput.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Cards.

3. The defect causes people to see Alcibiades as being more ____.
(a) Vulnerable.
(b) Harmless.
(c) Human.
(d) Pathetic.

4. Who wants to have Alcibiades killed?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Polemides.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Jason.

5. Which of the following is one of the main reasons for the invasion to take place?
(a) Strategic location.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Army.
(d) Allies.

6. When Polemides finds his cousin, he discovers a group of people involves in which of the following?
(a) Drink.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Debauchery.

7. Who addresses the Athenians?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Lion.
(c) Nicias.
(d) Polemides.

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

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

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

11. Alcibiades is said to have had great _____.
(a) Lying skills.
(b) Oratorical skills.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Charisma.

12. How many months pass before Alcibiades is called to trial?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

13. What uprising occurs in the city before the ships launch?
(a) Looting.
(b) Rioting.
(c) Vandalism.
(d) Murder.

14. What was the name of the architect who had built the third Long Wall for Pericles?
(a) Callimortes.
(b) Callimachus.
(c) Callicrates.
(d) Calligraphus.

15. What is the nature of the argument between Polemides and Eunice?
(a) Children.
(b) Marriage.
(c) House.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. One afternoon, the grandfather says that memory is a(n) ____ goddess.

2. What is the name of the narrator's dog?

3. What is the name of Jason's grandfather?

4. Which of the following adjectives is used to describe Alcibiades' personality?

5. What was the name of the man's sister?

(see the answer keys)

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