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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 eighteen.
(b) He is in his middle teens.
(c) He is nine.
(d) He is twelve.

2. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?
(a) The Carthagians sack the city-state.
(b) The Argives sack the city-state.
(c) The Persians sack the city-state.
(d) The Spartans sack the city-state.

3. Who are the two narrators of this story?
(a) The scribe and Xeones are the narrators.
(b) Xerxes and Leonidas are the narrators.
(c) There is only one narrator, Xeones.
(d) Ball Player and Rooster are the narrators.

4. Xeones tells of an exercise that the people in the baggage train practice where they serve as punching bags for the Spartan heavy infantry. What is this exercise called?
(a) It is called The Ploughman's Blade.
(b) It is called sparring.
(c) It is called The Oak.
(d) It is called The Breaking.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Xeones tell his story?

2. What is Hermion's nickname?

3. What is Xeones trying to steal when he is caught?

4. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?

5. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?

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