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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book VII - Feeding the Monster (Chapters XXXIII-XXXVII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the assassin that approaches Polemides?
(a) Kilgor.
(b) Telamon.
(c) Barrabas.
(d) Evenrude.

2. The author states that Alcibiades is a "Chronicler of ____."
(a) The Past.
(b) Victory.
(c) Strife.
(d) The Gods.

3. Which of the following adjectives is used to describe Alcibiades' personality?
(a) Forceful.
(b) Subtle.
(c) Open.
(d) Cunning.

4. Which of the following was not on the list to protect Alcibiades aboard the ship?
(a) Timarchus.
(b) Lion.
(c) Macon.
(d) Xenocles.

5. At this point, ____ was at the height of her power.
(a) Athens.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man found that the city had been decimated by which disease?

2. How long did it take the narrator to reach Lacedaemon?

3. When in the pavilions of the Persians, the narrator was affected by which strong emotion?

4. What is the nature of the argument between Polemides and Eunice?

5. How old was the man that referred to Alcibiades as a treasonous villain?

(see the answer key)

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