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

2. What are the Spartan battle games designed for?
(a) They are designed to simulate battle for training.
(b) They are designed as entertainment for the people.
(c) They are designed as a way to pass time.
(d) They are designed to entertain the boys and keep them out of trouble.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dienekes teach about fear?

2. Which of the following is not one of the activities listed as part of Spartan life?

3. What is othismos?

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

5. What is panoplia?

(see the answer key)

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