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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VI - Victory at Sea (Chapters XXIX-XXXII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Alcibiades is said to have had great _____.
(a) Oratorical skills.
(b) Lying skills.
(c) Charisma.
(d) Intellect.

2. This woman was referred to as a ____ wife.
(a) Camp.
(b) Transitory.
(c) Barracks.
(d) Convenient.

3. Thrasylubus refers to Alcibiades as a _____.
(a) Doublecrosser.
(b) Politician.
(c) Cunning soldier.
(d) Honorable man.

4. Alcibiades writes: "Man's predicament is that he dwells at the intersection of necessity and ____."
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Free will.
(c) Need.
(d) Impulse.

5. Which charge worried Alcibiades the most?
(a) Profanity.
(b) Treason.
(c) Impiety,
(d) Heresy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Polemides relates the events of the _______.

2. How many months pass before Alcibiades is called to trial?

3. Who was the great statesman and leader at the time?

4. Alcibiades learns that his agents have been ____.

5. It is said that Pericles had a gift for _____.

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