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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Dienekes, Chapter 24 - 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?
(a) It is Greek for "hot springs".
(b) It is Greek for "spa".
(c) It is Egyptian profanity.
(d) It is Greek for "hot gates".

2. What is the standing order of Dienekes while on campaign?
(a) Dienekes is to be awakened two hours before sunrise.
(b) Dienekes is to be awakened with the dawn.
(c) Dienekes is to be allowed to sleep until he wakes on his own.
(d) Dienekes is to be awakened about mid-day.

3. Who is Diomache?
(a) Diomache is the wife of Leonidas.
(b) Diomache is the cousin of Xeones.
(c) Diomache is the concubine of Xerxes.
(d) Diomache is one of the three Fates of Greek mythology.

4. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
(a) He tells it to Xerxes.
(b) He tells it to Lady Arete.
(c) He tells it to a scribe.
(d) He tells it to Leonidas.

5. In Chapter 29, what does Xeones say is the only thing a man really wants?
(a) He says that all a man wants is to live.
(b) He says that all a man wants is wealth.
(c) He says that all a man wants is a good woman.
(d) He says that all a man wants is to die with honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Diomache take with her?

2. What is Xeones' proof that he was there, and not that he simply heard of it?

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

4. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?

5. Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead?

(see the answer key)

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