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

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

3. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?
(a) They fight the Agrives.
(b) They fight the Persian army.
(c) They fight the army of Athens.
(d) They fight the Antirhion army.

4. What is othismos?
(a) Othismos is the initial collision on the battlefield and the chaos that follows.
(b) Othismos is a field near Sparta where the Spartan boys train.
(c) Othismos is one of the ancient Spartan sacrificial rites.
(d) Othismos is the euphoria that comes upon the victor after a battle.

5. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?
(a) He tells the Egyptian that freedom must be bought with steel, not gold.
(b) He tells the Egyptian that it is better to live as a slave than to die free.
(c) He tells the Egyptian that the only free men are dead men.
(d) He tells the Egyptian that freedom is a state of mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Spartan battle games designed for?

2. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?

3. Who is Xeones' sparring partner?

4. Why does Xeones go out into a snowstorm to freeze to death?

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

(see the answer key)

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