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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 is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?
(a) Xeones is from in Astakos.
(b) Xeones is from in Sparta.
(c) Xeones is from in Athens.
(d) Xeones is from a country farm in Akarnania, not a city-state.

2. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?
(a) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is an inelegant weapon.
(b) Apollo tells Xeones that he will be killed by with a spear.
(c) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is a great weapon.
(d) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear will be the salvation of Sparta.

3. How do the Spartans view war?
(a) The Spartans see war as a terrible abomination.
(b) The Spartans see war as a good form of population control.
(c) The Spartans see war as the only way to peace.
(d) The Spartans see war to be simply work in the business of killing as many of the enemy as possible.

4. What is the reason for Xeones returning to life?
(a) Xeones is to tell the story of the Battle of Thermopylae.
(b) Xeones returns to warn the Spartan people that the battle has been lost.
(c) Due to the violent nature of his death, the spirit of Xeones can not pass on to the world of the dead.
(d) Xeones returns to avenge his people.

5. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?
(a) Dekton dies on the final night.
(b) Rooster dies on the final night.
(c) Alexandros dies on the final night.
(d) Hermion dies on the final night.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?

2. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?

3. The first time Xeones sees the Persian fleet, he meets an Egyptian. What was the Egyptian's name?

4. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?

5. Who is Diomache?

(see the answer key)

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