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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alcibiades writes: "Man's predicament is that he dwells at the intersection of necessity and ____."
(a) Free will.
(b) Need.
(c) Foolishness.
(d) Impulse.

2. Antalcidas tells Lysander that he has taken ____ to new heights.
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Blasphemy.
(c) Bravery.
(d) Heroics.

3. Thrasylubus was known by which of the following nicknames?
(a) Arrow.
(b) Oak.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Brick.

4. What does Lysander refer to as a "solitary god?"
(a) Necessity.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Honor.
(d) Victory.

5. In Chapter XLIV, Polemides is referred to as being which of the following?
(a) Champion.
(b) Cur.
(c) Common thief.
(d) Great warrior.

6. The tooth of which animal was used to secure a cloak?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Lion.
(c) Horse.
(d) Dog.

7. Alcibiades was replaced by a group of _____.
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Cardinals.
(c) Average citizens.
(d) Generals.

8. It is said that seamen are not equipped for which type of warfare?
(a) Emergency.
(b) Land.
(c) Interstate.
(d) Hand to hand.

9. Which word is used to refer to a small piece of gold?
(a) Iota.
(b) Parcel.
(c) Lump.
(d) Ingot.

10. Telamon believed that these things were offenses against ____.
(a) Man.
(b) The King.
(c) Nature.
(d) God.

11. Boldness is impatient. ____ is long-suffering.
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Courage.

12. When in the pavilions of the Persians, the narrator was affected by which strong emotion?
(a) Panic.
(b) Relief.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Serenity.

13. Chapter 35 mentions the existence of which of the seven deadly sins?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Envy.
(c) Pride.
(d) Greed.

14. What is the narrator's Laconian name?
(a) Polinicus.
(b) Polemarch.
(c) Polemidas.
(d) Polaepitus.

15. How many vessels sailed to Alcyone?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was a death on which mountain?

2. The narrator bore _____ unhealed wounds on his legs.

3. The narrator and his wife attended which cultural event?

4. The executioner also held which prominent position?

5. There were ____ Odrysian brothers?

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