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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Polynikes, Chapter 18 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Xeones to continue the story?
(a) Xerxes told him that he would kill him if he did not continue.
(b) Xeones decides to finish the story.
(c) Dmaratos, a deposed Spartan king, reminds him of his duty to Apollo.
(d) Dmaratos, a cruel Persian soldier, threatened to beat him if he did not continue.

2. What is Xeones trying to steal when he is caught?
(a) He is trying to steal a horse.
(b) He is trying to steal a chicken.
(c) He is trying to steal some cabbage.
(d) He is trying to steal a goose.

3. What does Polynikes do after dealing with Alexandros?
(a) He storms off the practice field in disgust.
(b) He reports the boy's failure to his superiors.
(c) He sends everyone home for the day.
(d) He puts all of the boys through the standard shield handling drills.

4. How old are Xeones and Diomache when they separate?
(a) He is twelve and she is nine.
(b) He is nine and she is twelve.
(c) He is fifteen and she is twelve.
(d) He is twelve and she is fifteen.

5. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?
(a) They catch up to them at Antirhion.
(b) They catch up to them at the hot gate.
(c) They catch up to them at Rhion.
(d) They catch up to them at Thermopylae.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?

2. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?

3. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?

4. Where is Rooster's mother's city?

5. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?

(see the answer key)

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