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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Soldiers were continually hired even during periods of ____________.
(a) A truce.
(b) Victory.
(c) Peace.
(d) War.

3. Where is the family home located?
(a) Holm Oak Hill.
(b) One Tree Hill.
(c) Byrnedale Hill.
(d) Gardener Hill.

4. Polemides returns to his former life as a _____.
(a) Lobbyist.
(b) Messenger.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Soldier.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The grandfather attained the rank of sail _____ in the military.

2. Chapter XIX shows the Athenian fleet hampered by the loss of its best _____.

3. The narrator lost his child to which disease?

4. What was the name of the man's sister?

5. What was the name of the architect who had built the third Long Wall for Pericles?

Short Essay Questions

1. Examine Jason's account of the embarkation of the armada to Sicily. What happens to threaten the invasion?

2. Discuss the scene in which Nicias addresses the Athenian Assembly.

3. What was the first step in Polemides becoming an assassin?

4. Who is Jason? How is he introduced? Why is Jason important to the story?

5. Discuss the state of Athens at this point in the story. Who tells the story?

6. Who objects to the Sicilian campaign? What authority does this person have? What actions are taken?

7. Discuss the arrival of and devastation caused by the Plague.

8. Jason and Polemides were not accounted prior to Polemides' trial. How did the men meet?

9. What does Polemides say when he tries to explain Alcibiades' appeal?

10. What happens to the Athenians after they are defeated on Epipolae?

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