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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. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?
(a) He becomes an archer.
(b) He becomes a general.
(c) He becomes a swordsman.
(d) He becomes a spearman.

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

3. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She has a large scar on her face.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She was raped.

4. What happens to the parents of Xeones?
(a) They are killed trying to defend their home.
(b) They escape with him.
(c) They are captured and sold into slavery.
(d) They also escape, but are separated and spend years searching for him.

5. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?
(a) He is eighteen.
(b) He is in his middle teens.
(c) He is twelve.
(d) He is nine.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Spartan boys punished?

2. By what other name is Sparta called?

3. Who is Suicide?

4. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?

5. Who were the first soldiers to arrive at Thermopylae?

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