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

2. Which of the following is one of the main reasons for the invasion to take place?
(a) Allies.
(b) Strategic location.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Army.

3. During this uprising, the statue of ____ is desecrated.
(a) Zeus.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Athena.
(d) Poseidon.

4. Which of the following is discounted as a good general?
(a) Polemides.
(b) Nicias.
(c) Pericles.
(d) Alcibiades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Alcibiades is marked for death due to his ____.

2. Polemides is asked to kill _____.

3. The tables turn when the Athenians agree to Nicias' _____.

4. Chapter XXI details the disaster on which area?

5. The grandfather lived through the time when the famous ______ was built.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the arrival of and devastation caused by the Plague.

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

3. How is Alcibiades double crossed? What does he do to fight back?

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

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

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

7. Discuss the reason Alcibiades was called to court. What is the response of the public?

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

9. Describe Polemides' claim to fame and the reason he was imprisoned.

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

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