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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Chapter XIX shows the Athenian fleet hampered by the loss of its best _____.
(a) Ship.
(b) Route.
(c) Navigator.
(d) Commander.

4. What is the name of the gathering of the Athenian officials?
(a) Congress.
(b) Conflagration.
(c) Senate.
(d) Assembly.

5. What is the name of Jason's grandfather?
(a) Alexicles.
(b) Axiochus.
(c) Abydos.
(d) Alcibiade.

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

7. What was another name for the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Intercity War.
(b) Greek War.
(c) War of Athens.
(d) Spartan War.

8. Polemides seeks help from ____ in finding his cousin.
(a) Pericles.
(b) Ptolemy.
(c) Alcibiades
(d) Jason.

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

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

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

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

13. How old was the man when he died?
(a) 92.
(b) 91.
(c) 88.
(d) 101.

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

15. Alcibiades has which obvious physical defect?
(a) Limp.
(b) Hump-backed.
(c) Lisp.
(d) Blind.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lion discusses the "Iliad," which recounts the tale of which of the following?

3. Rumors began to circulate about the invasion of:

4. Jason encounters an old comrade named ____.

5. What uprising occurs in the city before the ships launch?

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