The Mary Renault - The Last of the Wine quiz: 15 questions by Regina

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Mary Renault's "The Last of the Wine": 15 questions - contains spoilers

After whom is Alexias named?

His grandfather
His uncle
His deceased brother
His father's best friend

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When Alexias is born his father decides to expose him. What saves his life?

An omen from Apollo
His mother's tears
A Spartan attack
A slave who hides him

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The boy Alexias meets Sokrates for the first time at school. The older man reminds him of ...

Zeus
Poseidon
Dionysos
Silenos

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Who was not among Alexias's suitors?

Polymedes
Kriton
Kritias
Charmides

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Where do Alexias and Lysis take their vow of friendship?

At the banks of the Kephissos
At the alter of Athene
Under an olive tree
On the battlefield

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Alone with Lysis on the beach and overwhelmed by the power of Eros Alexias compares love to ...

the Cretan Minotaur
the fire of Prometheus
the Sphinx of the Egyptians
the hounds of Hades

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Why does Agis, King of Sparta, bear hatred towards Alkibiades?

He begot a child with his wife
He went for Spartan kingship himself
He betrayed him to the Medes
He seduced his lover

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How does Sostratos defeat Lysis in the pankration during the Isthmus Games?

He squashes him with his fat arms
He lets himself fall on him
He lifts him up and throws him to the ground
He smashes his face with a headbutt

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What secret do Alexias and his mother keep from Myron when he returns home though pronounced dead?

Alexias has taught his mother to read
They have been to the theatre together
They have freed the mother's slave
Little Charis has broken Myron's favourite cup, a gift from Alkibiades

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How is the ship called which brings Alexias and Lysis to Samos and which later sinks?

Demokratio
Eleutheria
Paralos
Siren

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In which month does Lysis's wedding with Thalia take place?

Gamelion
Munichion
Thargelion
Maimakterion

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How does Alexias earn money during the siege of Athens?

As model for sculptors
As male prostitute
As beggar
As shoemaker

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Where do Alexias and Lysis go to meet Thrasybulos and fight for the restoration of democracy?

Samos
Goat's Creek
Thebes
Corinth

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What are Lysis's last words before he dies?

"Tell Alexias to care for the child."
"Give Alexias the ring from my finger."
"Long live democracy."
"Then all is well, isn't it?"

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What is the last scene in Alexias's script?

Young boys dancing and singing
Alexias giving the olive wreath to Thalia
Sokrates talking to Phaedo, with the cup in his hand
Athene of the Vanguard glowing in the sunset

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