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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. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians to do about the Persian invasion?
(a) The Oracle tells them to fly to the ends of the earth.
(b) The Oracle tells them to stand and fight for their freedom.
(c) The Oracle tells them to remain neutral.
(d) The Oracle tells them to bargain with Persia.

2. What does agoge boua mean?
(a) Agoge boua means eight-nighter.
(b) Agoge boua means battle rage.
(c) Agoge boua means honorable death.
(d) Agoge boua means training platoon.

3. How do the Persian forces surround the Greeks?
(a) They are told of a moutain pass by a Greek traitor.
(b) They sneak around the Greeks during the night.
(c) They go around the mountain.
(d) They sail around and march up from behind.

4. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?
(a) She kidnaps the child and flees Sparta.
(b) She convinces them that whatever the father might have done, it is no fault of the child's.
(c) She pays bribes to them to allow the child to go.
(d) She and her husband swear that the child is his, and not Rooster's.

5. Who appears to Diomache in a dream after she aborted her pregnancy and was ill?
(a) Zeus appears to her.
(b) Apollo appears to her.
(c) Ares appears to her.
(d) Persephone appears to her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Xeones say is the only thing a man really wants?

3. What are the Spartan battle games designed for?

4. What is the purpose of an all-sire unit?

5. Other than Ball Player and the dog, who is the other volunteer?

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