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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) Athens.
(b) Papagos.
(c) Crete.
(d) Sparta.

2. Which of the following is discounted as a good general?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Alcibiades.
(c) Polemides.
(d) Nicias.

3. Which man has grown in stature and played a vital role in the battle?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Alcibiades.
(c) Papagos.
(d) Adamidis.

4. Polemides returns to his former life as a _____.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Lobbyist.
(d) Messenger.

5. Polemides relates the events of the _______.
(a) Greek tragedies.
(b) Trojan War.
(c) Olympic games.
(d) Spartan society.

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

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

8. Lion discusses the "Iliad," which recounts the tale of which of the following?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Homer.
(d) Alcibiades.

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

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

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

12. What term is used to mean "war leader"?
(a) Polemarch.
(b) Parapet.
(c) Perimite.
(d) Patriarch.

13. The grandfather attained the rank of sail _____ in the military.
(a) Captain.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Lieutenant.
(d) Admiral.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator lost his child to which disease?

2. It is said that Pericles had a gift for _____.

3. At this point, ____ was at the height of her power.

4. What is the nature of the argument between Polemides and Eunice?

5. What part of the man's body was injured?

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