Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How old was the child when he died?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two years, six months.
(d) 6 months.

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

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

6. The old comrade offers to help which of the following men to escape?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Polemides.
(c) Lysander.
(d) Alcibiades.

7. The tables turn when the Athenians agree to Nicias' _____.
(a) Orders.
(b) Requirements.
(c) Plans.
(d) Ransom.

8. During the period of disease and death, it is said that ____ reigned.
(a) Hope.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Discontent.
(d) Anarchy.

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

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

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

12. Upon his return, the man went to live with which of the following?
(a) Gertrude.
(b) Daphne.
(c) Jane.
(d) Sylvie.

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

14. Which charge worried Alcibiades the most?
(a) Treason.
(b) Impiety,
(c) Heresy.
(d) Profanity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Polemides discusses his new vocation as a _____.

2. What was the name of the man's sister?

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

4. Who assassinated Alcibiades?

5. Jason encounters an old comrade named ____.

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