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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 2, Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What audience is the book, "A History of My Times", trying to reach?
(a) Every audience.
(b) The book was only written as a personal memoir.
(c) A non-academic audience.
(d) An academic audience.

2. What effect did the circumstances of a particular battle have on the awarding of trophies?
(a) A few of the circumstances must be right.
(b) All of the circumstances must be right.
(c) Most of the circumstances must be right.
(d) Trophies were given in all circumstances.

3. What was the purpose of the trophies that were made?
(a) To provide an incentive for armies.
(b) Neither to observe certain victories nor to provide an incentive for armies.
(c) To observe certain victories.
(d) To observe certain victories and provide an incentive for armies.

4. According to the Introductions, how opinionated was Xenophon?
(a) Less opinionated than the other authors of his time.
(b) Xenophon did not give his opinions at all.
(c) More opinionated than the other authors of his time.
(d) As opinionated as the other authors of his time.

5. How is the bottom of the ranks characterized in the book?
(a) Light infantry.
(b) Light cavalry.
(c) Heavy cavalry.
(d) Heavy infantry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the following does not describe Alcibiades as he is portrayed in the book?

2. Which season was hard for the sailors?

3. What is the fewest amount of ships involved in the water and shoreline battles of Chapter 1?

4. How accessible is Xenophon's writing style for current readers?

5. How did the soldiers express agreement on the plot to raise money?

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