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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. How many children does Xeones father?
(a) He has two sons.
(b) He only has one child, a son.
(c) He has two daughters.
(d) He has a son and a daughter.
2. What does the Egyptian tell the Spartans about the Persian invasion?
(a) He tells them to never surrender.
(b) He tells them that the Persians would be easily defeated while still at sea.
(c) He tells them that Xerxes will slaughter them regardless of what they do.
(d) He tells them to join Xerxes voluntarily like the Egyptians did.
3. To whom does Rooster become a squire?
(a) He becomes the squire of Xerxes.
(b) He becomes the squire of Leonidas.
(c) He becomes the squire of Olympieus.
(d) He became the squire of Dienekes.
4. What punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?
(a) He is absolved of his crime.
(b) He is exiled and sent to the Persians.
(c) He is beaten with wooden rods.
(d) He is slain by the krypteia.
5. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?
(a) She kidnaps the child and flees Sparta.
(b) She and her husband swear that the child is his, and not Rooster's.
(c) She convinces them that whatever the father might have done, it is no fault of the child's.
(d) She pays bribes to them to allow the child to go.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?
2. What message does Leonidas leave for Greeks who are conscripted into service to the Persians?
3. The three hundred and their allies are to be met by a thousand heavy infantry from Phokis and Lokris. What do they find instead?
4. What is the reason that Xerxes comes to Greece?
5. What is the name of the half helot friend of Xeones?
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