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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many wives did Jason have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

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

3. Jason encounters an old comrade named ____.
(a) Bruise.
(b) Aegis.
(c) Black.
(d) Swift.

4. The grandfather served at all but which of the following?
(a) Scione.
(b) Posidaea.
(c) Sybota.
(d) Sparta.

5. In Chapter X!, Polemides details the events in the battle of which of the following?
(a) Papagos.
(b) Konstantinos.
(c) Mantinea.
(d) Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. This loss also meant the loss of the driving force behind the _____ invasion.

2. Who was the great statesman and leader at the time?

3. Lion discusses the "Iliad," which recounts the tale of which of the following?

4. Which of the following is one of the main reasons for the invasion to take place?

5. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jason? How is he introduced? Why is Jason important to the story?

2. How did Polemides come to work side by side with Alcibiades?

3. What happened to Lion and Polemides at this time?

4. Discuss the battle between Athens and Sparta. What is the relationship between Alcibiades and Lysander?

5. What happens to the fleet after Alcibiades leaves? Who takes over?

6. Detail the outline of events that took place on Epipolae. How does it affect the Athenians?

7. Who objects to the Sicilian campaign? What authority does this person have? What actions are taken?

8. Who is the main character in the story? What happens to him?

9. What was the first step in Polemides becoming an assassin?

10. Discuss the rumors that reach Polemides regarding the invasion of Sicily.

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