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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book IV - Sicily (Chapters XXI-XXIV).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the period of disease and death, it is said that ____ reigned.
(a) Discontent.
(b) Hope.
(c) Melancholy.
(d) Anarchy.

2. Chapter XIX shows the Athenian fleet hampered by the loss of its best _____.
(a) Navigator.
(b) Route.
(c) Commander.
(d) Ship.

3. How many months pass before Alcibiades is called to trial?
(a) Five.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

4. How old was the child when he died?
(a) One.
(b) Two years, six months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) Three.

5. Alcibiades was revered for his skill in which sport?
(a) Catapult.
(b) Swimming.
(c) Fencing.
(d) Chariot racing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term used to describe the fleet of ships?

2. One afternoon, the grandfather says that memory is a(n) ____ goddess.

3. Who was responsible for framing Athens for the death of a Spartan soldier?

4. Which of the following is discounted as a good general?

5. Chapter XXI details the disaster on which area?

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