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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Xerxes, Chapter 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Spartan boys punished?
(a) They are locked in small rooms, called hotboxes.
(b) They are starved for short periods of time and totally ignored.
(c) They are given harsh labor assignments as punishment.
(d) They are whipped with sticks.

2. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had only daughters.
(b) They have had many sons.
(c) They have had three sons.
(d) They have had one son.

3. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?
(a) No more than twenty thousand were slain.
(b) About four thousand were slain.
(c) About twenty thousand were slain.
(d) No fewer than twenty thousand were slain.

4. Who is Suicide?
(a) He is a fierce warrior from Syria.
(b) He is a young fighter from Scythia.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is an old statesman who sits on the senate.

5. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?
(a) He tells the Egyptian that the only free men are dead men.
(b) He tells the Egyptian that freedom must be bought with steel, not gold.
(c) He tells the Egyptian that it is better to live as a slave than to die free.
(d) He tells the Egyptian that freedom is a state of mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?

2. Who is Xerxes?

3. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?

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

5. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

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