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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many weeks does this occur before the launch?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Jason tells the narrator that he is a ______ whelp.
(a) Brave.
(b) Greedy.
(c) Poor.
(d) Flightless.

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

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

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

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

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

15. Polemides no longer cares about the morals involved with the war; he only cares about which of the following?
(a) Power.
(b) Money.
(c) Freedom.
(d) His family.

Short Answer Questions

1. While Polemides works for Athens, he continues to run errands for which of the following?

2. The man died ____ months before his birthday.

3. Unable to make much headway, the fleet decides to _____.

4. How many months pass before Alcibiades is called to trial?

5. Who wants to have Alcibiades killed?

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