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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was responsible for framing Athens for the death of a Spartan soldier?
(a) Lysander.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) Polemides.

2. Rumors began to circulate about the invasion of:
(a) Sicily.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Germany.
(d) Crete.

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

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

5. Unable to make much headway, the fleet decides to _____.
(a) Surrender.
(b) Retreat.
(c) Reconfigure.
(d) Retire.

6. It is said that camp wives are only one step above _____.
(a) Whores.
(b) Animals.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Insects.

7. This woman was referred to as a ____ wife.
(a) Camp.
(b) Transitory.
(c) Convenient.
(d) Barracks.

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

9. What part of the man's body was injured?
(a) Head.
(b) Heart.
(c) Leg.
(d) Spine.

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

11. Chapter XXI details the disaster on which area?
(a) Acarnania.
(b) Epipolae.
(c) Sphacteria.
(d) Narnia.

12. Where is the family home located?
(a) Gardener Hill.
(b) Byrnedale Hill.
(c) Holm Oak Hill.
(d) One Tree Hill.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Soldiers were continually hired even during periods of ____________.

2. What is the term used to describe the fleet of ships?

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

4. Alcibiades tried to combat the charge by arranging a campaign consisting of ____.

5. Polemides is asked to kill _____.

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