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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 is the Antirhion army primarily composed of?
(a) It is mainly citizen soldiers.
(b) It is mainly well trained regulars, career soldiers.
(c) It is an unorganized rabble of bandits and highwaymen.
(d) It is mainly mercenaries hired from neighboring kingdoms.

2. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?
(a) They will either lose a king, or the city will fall.
(b) They will lose a king, and then the city will fall.
(c) They will lose many soldiers, but they will win the fight.
(d) They will not lose a single officer, and the city will stand.

3. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?
(a) Despite his deep love for her, his ethics stand in the way.
(b) He does not love her.
(c) He is already married.
(d) He feels that she was the death of his brother, and wants nothing to do with her.

4. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?
(a) He numbers it at about two million men.
(b) He numbers it at one hundred ships.
(c) He numbers it at sixty squadrons.
(d) He says that the Persian fleet is innumerable.

5. What is the preferred weapon of Suicide?
(a) He prefers to use his two short swords.
(b) He prefers to use a longbow.
(c) He prefers to use his short javelins, called Darning Needles.
(d) He prefers to use his spear, the Eight-footer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?

2. According to Xerxes, what is the greatest desire of Xeones?

3. Who does Xeones list off as some of the members of the tent raiding party?

4. When does Xeones see Xerxes face-to-face before he is summoned?

5. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?

(see the answer key)

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