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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Rooster, Chapter 12 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?
(a) He is made to pay for what he stole.
(b) The farmers drive nails through his hands.
(c) The farmers beat him severely.
(d) The farmers cut off his right hand.

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

3. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it the void.
(b) They call it phobology.
(c) They call it aphobia.
(d) They call it phobologiea.

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

5. What is the Antirhion army primarily composed of?
(a) It is an unorganized rabble of bandits and highwaymen.
(b) It is mainly well trained regulars, career soldiers.
(c) It is mainly mercenaries hired from neighboring kingdoms.
(d) It is mainly citizen soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point does the author illustrate in these battle scenes about ancient warfare?

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

3. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?

4. What is the purpose of the speech Leonidas gives after this battle?

5. Who does Diomache take with her?

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