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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Polemides gets into trouble when his ______ overcome his superiors' orders.
(a) Conscience.
(b) Morals.
(c) Father's advice.
(d) Logic.

3. Polemides discusses his new vocation as a _____.
(a) Sailor.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Farmer.
(d) General.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Alcibiades is marked for death due to his ____.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Betrayal.
(c) Intellect.
(d) Skill.

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

11. What is the name of the Spartan general observed by Polemides?
(a) Adamidis.
(b) Angelis,
(c) Lysander.
(d) Plastiras.

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

13. What is the name of the narrator's dog?
(a) Guardian.
(b) Moses.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Sentinel.

14. During the period of disease and death, it is said that ____ reigned.
(a) Discontent.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Hope.

15. Who begins to keep a chronicle of the war?
(a) Jason.
(b) Polemides.
(c) Lion.
(d) Narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was another name for the Peloponnesian War?

2. What is the name of the marsh that is adjacent to the harbor?

3. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?

4. Who addresses the Athenians?

5. Who sends an official message to Polemides regarding the invasion?

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