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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Dienekes, Chapter 24 - 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the Spartan king march and fight, relative to the rest of his army?
(a) The king usually stays at the center of his army, so that his men surround him at all times.
(b) The king does not go with his army, but sends a general in his stead.
(c) The king remains at the front of the lines, where he can be a part of the action at all times.
(d) The king commands from the back of the army where it is safer.

2. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?
(a) He has twin sons and then a daughter.
(b) He has a son and a daughter who are twins.
(c) He has three daughters.
(d) He has twin sons.

3. Who comes for Rooster after he turns down the offer of mothax?
(a) No one comes for him.
(b) The royal guard came for him.
(c) Polynikes and four assassins of the krypteia came for him.
(d) Twenty Peers come for him.

4. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it the void.
(b) They call it aphobia.
(c) They call it phobologiea.
(d) They call it phobology.

5. What is oktonyktia?
(a) It is the lake near Sparta.
(b) It is an eight-night training exercise.
(c) It is the armor and shield that each soldier must carry.
(d) It is the final right of passage from boyhood to adult status.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Xeones' sparring partner?

2. How many children does Xeones father?

3. What is othismos?

4. How is Rooster related to Dienekes?

5. What two groups fight the first encounter?

(see the answer key)

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