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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonidas do after the Antirhion king surrenders?
(a) He takes the survivors as slaves.
(b) He spares the lives of the survivors and those in the city.
(c) He slaughters both soldiers and city folk alike.
(d) He executes the enemy soldiers, but allows the people in the city to survive.

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

3. Who is Dienekes' squire?
(a) Suicide is his squire.
(b) Rooster is his squire.
(c) Xeones is his squire.
(d) Alexandros is his squire.

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

5. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?
(a) Hermion dies on the final night.
(b) Dekton dies on the final night.
(c) Alexandros dies on the final night.
(d) Rooster dies on the final night.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?

2. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?

3. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?

4. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?

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

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