Gates of Fire Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Steven Pressfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 160 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gates of Fire Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Steven Pressfield
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7: Leonidas, Chapter 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret does Arete tell Xeones in Chapter 20?
(a) She tells him that she had been in love with Dienekes e since she was a young girl, even while married to his brother.
(b) She tells him that the son of Rooster really was Dienekes' child.
(c) She tells him that she has been having an affair with Leonidas for years.
(d) She tells him that she has been in love with him for years.

2. What does Rooster suggest to Xeones and Alexandros?
(a) He tells them that they should abandon the army and join the Persians, just like him.
(b) He tells them to fight with valor, and die a warrior's death.
(c) He tells them that they should desert and return home, because the Spartans would be overrun by the next day.
(d) He tells them that he knows of a way to get a dozen men to the tent of the Persian king.

3. What is the standing order of Dienekes while on campaign?
(a) Dienekes is to be awakened about mid-day.
(b) Dienekes is to be awakened two hours before sunrise.
(c) Dienekes is to be awakened with the dawn.
(d) Dienekes is to be allowed to sleep until he wakes on his own.

4. How does Polynikes react to Alexandros' answer?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is saddened.
(c) He does not care.
(d) He is angered.

5. When does Darius of Persia die?
(a) He dies three years after the battle at Antirhion.
(b) He dies during the battle at Antirhion.
(c) He dies three years before the battle at Antirhion.
(d) He dies on the Ides of March.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Phokians miss the meeting?

2. How do the Spartans count their dead?

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

4. Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead?

5. What is mothax?

(see the answer key)

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