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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Xenophon: The Ordinary Athenian Gentleman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marathon was the site of ____________________________.
(a) the Athenian victory over Rome
(b) the Athenian victory over Sparta
(c) the Athenian victory over the Persians
(d) the Persian victory over Athens

2. Xenophon felt that it was significant ________________________________.
(a) that there should be leisure time
(b) that men should work
(c) to see what honorable men did for amusement
(d) that men should participate in the games

3. Xenophon suggested that _____________________________________.
(a) Athens merge with Sparta
(b) Athens and Sparta fight to the bitter end
(c) Athens and Sparta hold peace talks at Delphi
(d) there was no way to end the war

4. Who was the first writer to condemn slavery?
(a) Aeschylus
(b) Pericles
(c) Sophocles
(d) Euripides

5. After traveling, Xenophon went to live in _____________.
(a) Sparta
(b) Marathon
(c) Salamis
(d) Athens

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Pericles, _________________________.

2. The war with the Persians ended with the battle at ___________________.

3. The Greeks _________________________.

4. One way to learn the values of a society is to look at ______________________.

5. The style of Greek writing is _____________________________________.

(see the answer key)

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