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

2. The grandfather lived through the time when the famous ______ was built.
(a) Lighthouse at Alexandria.
(b) Parthenon.
(c) Colesseum.
(d) Eiffel Tower.

3. It is said that Pericles had a gift for _____.
(a) Healing.
(b) Smithing.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Public speaking.

4. Rumors began to circulate about the invasion of:
(a) Crete.
(b) Germany.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Sicily.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Unable to make much headway, the fleet decides to _____.

2. Only the grandfather and two other men spoke out in defense of the Ten ______.

3. Who sends an official message to Polemides regarding the invasion?

4. Which of the following adjectives is used to describe Alcibiades' personality?

5. Alcibiades has which obvious physical defect?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the setting and time period used in "Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War" by Steven Pressfield?

6. What happened to Lion and Polemides at this time?

7. What is the basic outline of Polemides' early history?

8. Detail the outline of events that took place on Epipolae. How does it affect the Athenians?

9. Who was Eunice? How was she attached to Polemides?

10. What is Telamon's prediction about the war? Why does Telamon make the prediction? Is it correct?

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