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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VIII - Thrice Nine Years (Chapters XXXVIII-XLII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Boldness is impatient. ____ is long-suffering.
(a) Courage.
(b) Virtue.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Intelligence.

2. How many weeks does this occur before the launch?
(a) One.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. A commotion from the ___ Court disrupted Polemides?
(a) High.
(b) Steel.
(c) Royal.
(d) Iron.

4. What uprising occurs in the city before the ships launch?
(a) Murder.
(b) Looting.
(c) Vandalism.
(d) Rioting.

5. The narrator bore _____ unhealed wounds on his legs.
(a) 8.
(b) 19.
(c) 14.
(d) 27.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lysander refer to as a "solitary god?"

2. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?

3. It is said that seamen are not equipped for which type of warfare?

4. What is a kleros?

5. The defect causes people to see Alcibiades as being more ____.

(see the answer key)

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