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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 8 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the preferred weapon of Suicide?
(a) He prefers to use a longbow.
(b) He prefers to use his short javelins, called Darning Needles.
(c) He prefers to use his two short swords.
(d) He prefers to use his spear, the Eight-footer.

2. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
(a) He tells it to a scribe.
(b) He tells it to Lady Arete.
(c) He tells it to Leonidas.
(d) He tells it to Xerxes.

3. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?
(a) He wants to hear "the infantryman's tale".
(b) He wants to hear about Spartan life during times of peace.
(c) He wants to hear "A Tale of Two Cities".
(d) He wants to hear a tale of generals and kings.

4. Who is Xerxes?
(a) He is the king of the Spartan city-state.
(b) He is the narrator of the story.
(c) He is the king of the Persian empire.
(d) He is a great hero of the Punic Wars.

5. What is oktonyktia?
(a) It is the armor and shield that each soldier must carry.
(b) It is an eight-night training exercise.
(c) It is the lake near Sparta.
(d) It is the final right of passage from boyhood to adult status.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what other name is Sparta called?

2. Who are the two narrators of this story?

3. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?

4. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?

5. How does Xeones describe Dienekes?

(see the answer key)

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