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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 is each one of the chapters in the second book devoted to?
(a) The description of a different battle.
(b) The description of a different city.
(c) The description of a different war ship.
(d) The description of a different military leader.

2. How often does Xenophon describe the way money is raised?
(a) In some cases, he does not describe how money is raised.
(b) He describes how money is raised in every case.
(c) He describes how money is raised in every case except one.
(d) He describes how money is raised in three cases.

3. How did Xenophon begin his story?
(a) Similar to the way contemporary fiction writers begin.
(b) Slightly different from the way contemporary non-fiction writers begin.
(c) Slightly different from the way contemporary fiction writers begin.
(d) Similar to the way contemporary non-fiction writers begin.

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

5. What word best describes the description of the ancient forms of military ranking in the book?
(a) Brief.
(b) Moderate.
(c) Extensive.
(d) Hidden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would cause the soldiers to abandon their original plot for raising money in the story told in the book?

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

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

4. What happened to the reeds in the story?

5. What did the sailors do when they were not at war?

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