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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The man found that the city had been decimated by which disease?
(a) Plague.
(b) Typhus.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Influenza.

2. Which one of Polemides' family members also engaged in this vocation?
(a) Brother.
(b) Father.
(c) Sister.
(d) Son.

3. The old comrade offers to help which of the following men to escape?
(a) Polemides.
(b) Alcibiades.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Lysander.

4. What is the name of Jason's grandfather?
(a) Alexicles.
(b) Alcibiade.
(c) Axiochus.
(d) Abydos.

5. Polemides seeks help from ____ in finding his cousin.
(a) Ptolemy.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Jason.
(d) Alcibiades

6. How many wives did Jason have?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Four.

7. What is the term used to describe the fleet of ships?
(a) Envoy.
(b) Flotilla.
(c) Armada.
(d) School.

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

9. Who was the great statesman and leader at the time?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Pericles.
(c) Jason.
(d) Plato.

10. Who was responsible for framing Athens for the death of a Spartan soldier?
(a) Pericles.
(b) Lysander.
(c) Polemides.
(d) Alcibiades.

11. One afternoon, the grandfather says that memory is a(n) ____ goddess.
(a) Fickle.
(b) Elusive.
(c) Unforgiving.
(d) Queer.

12. Gylippus was a general from which area?
(a) Athens.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Telamon.
(d) Crete.

13. How old was the man when he died?
(a) 92.
(b) 101.
(c) 91.
(d) 88.

14. What is the name of the marsh that is adjacent to the harbor?
(a) Fewside.
(b) Feverside.
(c) Dockside.
(d) Riverside.

15. Alcibiades' counselors suggest that he go to which location?
(a) Papagos.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Crete.
(d) Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the man's body was injured?

2. What is the name of the general that opposes the campaign?

3. Alcibiades learns that his agents have been ____.

4. Alcibiades tried to combat the charge by arranging a campaign consisting of ____.

5. Who addresses the Athenians?

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