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title: Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take his frien… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 353 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 1 of 13 tests right, exam 2 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take his friend's place in prison

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**Tests:** 1 of 13 right · **Exam:** 2 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 7 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 353 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t1}

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yo who took the fall in jail for his bestie?

- **1.** Ty — no support
- **2.** Philip — **← Mova's choice** · score 6
- **3.** Dio — score 6
- **4.** Damon — **✓ the right answer** · score 6

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 6, tied with another option at 6 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 7, line 18: «Her snatch out of the window brings "a little shriek and a fall, and a crash of broken glass"; a cucumber-frame is a low glass box that keeps young plants warm…», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «bring» (+5); the same thing acted on «little shriek» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 6. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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bruh, why did the tyrant think Pythias was lying?

- **1.** Because he thought Pythias was a thief — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He figured Pythias was a total fraud — no support
- **3.** Cause he figured he just wanted to cheat — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He thought he was lying — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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no way, how late was Pythias when he got back?

- **1.** He arrived a full day late, long after the tyrant had given up hope — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was late by a whole week or so — no support
- **3.** Just in time, right at the last moment — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He got back a few hours after the deadline had already passed by — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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so like, which king had the wild horse?

- **1.** Leo — no support
- **2.** Zeus — no support
- **3.** Philip — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** Alexander — **← Mova's choice** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 353, line 19: «Alexander, the king's young son, says he can manage the horse if given "leave to try."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «alexander» (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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lol what did the Spartans' one-word reply say?

- **1.** NO — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** NEVER — no support
- **3.** ALWAYS — no support
- **4.** IF — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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sus, did the soldier actually pay the farmer back?

- **1.** Nope, he sold the farm and fled the kingdom with all the money he got — no support
- **2.** Nope, he kept the farm and never paid a single coin back to the poor farmer — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** Nope, he took the farm for himself — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** No, he kept the money for himself — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 350, line 5: «He could have made himself king, but he gives the power back to the Fathers and goes home to his plow after sixteen days.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «give» (+5); the same circumstance (+2). Against it: a different thing acted on (counts against) (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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wait, what got burned into the soldier's forehead?

- **1.** THE SHAMEFUL THIEF OF THE SEASHORE FARM — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** THE CHURLISH SOLDIER — no support
- **3.** THE UNGRATEFUL SOLDIER WHO LIED TO THE KING — no support
- **4.** THE UNGRATEFUL GUEST — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · right ✓ {#t8}

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dude, why was Bucephalus so scared?

- **1.** He was scared of his own shadow — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Just a horse — no support
- **3.** He hated the new stable hands — no support
- **4.** He was scared — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t9}

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hold up, what did Alexander say he could do?

- **1.** Ride it — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Tame the wild horse and win the king's favor forever — no support
- **3.** Tame the horse and then ride it all the way to Athens — no support
- **4.** Tame the horse — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t10}

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fr, what did the tyrant say he'd trade all his cash for?

- **1.** His crown and throne — no support
- **2.** All his cash for one friend like that and more — **← Mova's choice** · score 3
- **3.** One true friend like Damon — score 2
- **4.** One friend like that — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 3, against 2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 353, line 13: «The tyrant frees both and says, "I would give all my wealth to have one such friend."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same circumstance (+2); the same doer «tyrant» (+1). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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ngl the soldier was kinda wack, right? what did he do wrong?

- **1.** He lied to the king — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Lied and grabbed the farm — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He lied — no support
- **4.** Stole it — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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bro what does "laconic" mean?

- **1.** Speaking at great length without end — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Answer full of many long words — no support
- **3.** Long speech — no support
- **4.** Short answer — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t13}

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yo, what was the name of the land Alexander's dad ruled?

- **1.** Peloponnese — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** Macedonia — no support
- **3.** Sparta — no support
- **4.** Macedon — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · right ✓ {#e1}

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Which of the following describes the conduct of Damon toward his friend Pythias?

- **1.** He offered to die in his friend's place and begged the tyrant to spare the friend — score 3
- **2.** He pleaded for his friend's release — score 3
- **3.** He offered to die in his friend's place and promised to pay all the debts owed — score 3
- **4.** He offered to die in his friend's place — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 3

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 58, line 10: ««It is a goodly life that you lead, friend; no doubt the best in the world, if only you are strong enough to lead it!» The Water Rat answers «Yes, it's the lif…», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «river» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · right ✓ {#e2}

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Upon what basis did the Spartan reply to King Philip's threat consist?

- **1.** A single phrase of open surrender — no support
- **2.** A single word expressing defiance and a refusal to bow down to the king — score 4
- **3.** A long and detailed letter expressing defiance toward the king and his armies — score 3
- **4.** A single word expressing defiance — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 161, line 14: «fact: Her father's answer shows he loves her: "I can refuse you nothing," he replied, "that is just and reasonable."», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «show» (+3); the same doer «fact» (+1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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What was the moral consequence of the soldier's conduct toward the farmer?

- **1.** He was shunned and hated by everyone in the land for the rest of his life — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** He was branded as a thief and shunned by all the Spartans for life — no support
- **3.** He was shunned and hated for life — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** He was praised by all the people — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e4}

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Which action enabled Alexander to master the horse Bucephalus?

- **1.** He directed the horse's gaze toward the sun and then rode it around the field — no support
- **2.** He directed the horse's gaze toward the sun — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** He directed the horse's gaze toward the sun while whispering gentle words to it — **← Mova's choice** · score 0
- **4.** He covered the horse's eyes with cloth — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 3 with score 0, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 340, line 8: «Where: the action takes place in the nursery, the children's bedroom, where Wendy sits near the fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same thing acted on «place» (+2). Against it: the same doer «action» (-1); a different action (counts against) (-1). The right option, 2, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/353-pg18442-part13/e4/)

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