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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 1, Book 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can the bibliography be described in "A History of My Times"?
(a) Slightly shorter than normal.
(b) Extensive.
(c) Average.
(d) Extremely short.

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

3. How many military leaders are discussed in the first chapter?
(a) Several.
(b) None.
(c) Only one.
(d) A few.

4. According to the editor, who will be delighted by the bibliography in the book?
(a) Other historians.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Other writers.

5. What is found in the back of the book to help people understand military maneuvers better?
(a) Quotes.
(b) Diagrams.
(c) Maps.
(d) Definitions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what division of the military did Xenophon serve?

3. What did being born into Knight class mean for Xenophon?

4. What held the men that Xenophon led in the military together?

5. What is each one of the chapters in the second book devoted to?

(see the answer key)

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