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

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) No fewer than twenty thousand were slain.
(c) About four thousand were slain.
(d) No more than twenty thousand were slain.

3. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?
(a) Polynikes tries to stop him.
(b) His mother tries to stop him.
(c) Xeones tries to stop him.
(d) Leonidas tries to stop him.

4. What is exoterike harmoniea?
(a) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of self composure attained through the control of fear.
(b) Exoterike harmoniea is the musical harmony of a multistringed instrument.
(c) Exoterike harmoniea is a composition dedicated to the gods.
(d) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of union with one's fellows.

5. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?
(a) His spirit roams the battlefield until eventually settling back into his body.
(b) The Fate Clotho weaves his thread back into the pattern of life.
(c) Apollo returns him to life.
(d) He is given an elixir of immortality.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?

2. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?

3. What is Hermion's nickname?

4. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?

5. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

(see the answer key)

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