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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who assassinated Alcibiades?
(a) Polemides.
(b) Plato.
(c) Nicolaus.
(d) Jason.

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

3. How much did the narrator's armor weigh?
(a) 60 lbs.
(b) 40 lbs.
(c) 75 lbs.
(d) 50 lbs.

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

5. During this uprising, the statue of ____ is desecrated.
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

6. Alcibiades was revered for his skill in which sport?
(a) Catapult.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Chariot racing.
(d) Fencing.

7. What is the name of the woman that becomes affiliated with Polemides?
(a) Edna.
(b) Eunice.
(c) Erskine.
(d) Edwina.

8. This loss also meant the loss of the driving force behind the _____ invasion.
(a) Spartan.
(b) Greek.
(c) Athenian.
(d) Sicilian.

9. The chronicle makes comparisons between Alcibiades and the great hero _______.
(a) Achilles.
(b) Athena.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Hercules.

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

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

12. The author states that Alcibiades is a "Chronicler of ____."
(a) Strife.
(b) Victory.
(c) The Past.
(d) The Gods.

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

14. How many children did Jason bury?
(a) Three.
(b) Eight.
(c) Five.
(d) Eleven.

15. Polemides is offered a job as a _____.
(a) Diplomat.
(b) Mercenary.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Priest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the assassin that approaches Polemides?

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

3. Jason encounters an old comrade named ____.

4. Which of the following is discounted as a good general?

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

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