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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, A History of My Times : Chapter 4, Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is a woman's willingness to marry mentioned in the book?
(a) There is some mention of it.
(b) There is no mention of it.
(c) There are many pages dedicated to it.
(d) It is only mentioned as a definition for another term.

2. What is the largest number of ships discussed in the battles of the first chapter?
(a) One hundred.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Seventy.
(d) Eighty.

3. When was Thibron exiled?
(a) One week before he returned to Sparta.
(b) Two days before he returned to Sparta.
(c) When he returned to Sparta.
(d) The day before he returned to Sparta.

4. What was Thibron's position in the Spartan military?
(a) General.
(b) Infantry guard.
(c) Admiral.
(d) Field commander.

5. What aspect of fund raising does Xenophon choose to focus on in the second chapter?
(a) Stories and amounts.
(b) Stories, amounts, and solutions.
(c) Stories and solutions.
(d) Amounts and solutions.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many politically sanctioned killings were there in the story told in Book 2, Chapter 2?

2. How can the bibliography be described in "A History of My Times"?

3. According to the editor, who will be delighted by the bibliography in the book?

4. What happened to the reeds in the story?

5. How are the efforts of the Spartans described after their animal sacrifice?

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