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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What are the Spartan battle games designed for?
(a) They are designed to simulate battle for training.
(b) They are designed as entertainment for the people.
(c) They are designed as a way to pass time.
(d) They are designed to entertain the boys and keep them out of trouble.
2. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?
(a) He tells them to go to Rome.
(b) He tells them to go to Thessaly.
(c) He tells them to go to Athens.
(d) He tells them to go to Sparta.
3. What does Leonidas do after the Antirhion king surrenders?
(a) He spares the lives of the survivors and those in the city.
(b) He slaughters both soldiers and city folk alike.
(c) He executes the enemy soldiers, but allows the people in the city to survive.
(d) He takes the survivors as slaves.
4. Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead?
(a) It is the Spartan law that the dead be counted in such a way.
(b) It helps to keep their minds occupied and off of the fact that only moments earlier they were slaughtering men like farmers reaping wheat.
(c) It is an ancient tradition that has been passed down for generations.
(d) It is done to confuse the enemy.
5. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?
(a) It is Greek for "hot springs".
(b) It is Egyptian profanity.
(c) It is Greek for "spa".
(d) It is Greek for "hot gates".
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?
2. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?
3. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
4. What does Polynikes do after dealing with Alexandros?
5. What is panoplia?
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