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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. What is the name of the assassin that approaches Polemides?
(a) Kilgor.
(b) Barrabas.
(c) Telamon.
(d) Evenrude.

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

3. Polemides is asked to kill _____.
(a) Pericles.
(b) The sick.
(c) Alcibiades.
(d) His child.

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

5. What was the name of the man's sister?
(a) Gloria.
(b) Meri.
(c) Annie.
(d) Beatrice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which man has grown in stature and played a vital role in the battle?

3. How many wives did Jason have?

4. Alcibiades was revered for his skill in which sport?

5. Alcibiades learns that his agents have been ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting and time period used in "Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War" by Steven Pressfield?

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

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

4. Why does Polemides get into trouble because of his moral code?

5. What happens to the Athenians after they are defeated on Epipolae?

6. What is Telamon's prediction about the war? Why does Telamon make the prediction? Is it correct?

7. Examine Jason's account of the embarkation of the armada to Sicily. What happens to threaten the invasion?

8. Discuss the scene in which Nicias addresses the Athenian Assembly.

9. Discuss Polemides' return to farming. What were the opinions of Polemides and Eunice?

10. Who was Eunice? How was she attached to Polemides?

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