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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. To whom does Rooster become a squire?
(a) He became the squire of Dienekes.
(b) He becomes the squire of Leonidas.
(c) He becomes the squire of Xerxes.
(d) He becomes the squire of Olympieus.

2. Who is Paraleio?
(a) She is the mother of Alexandros.
(b) She is the wife of Xerxes.
(c) She is a prostitute.
(d) She is the cousin of Xeones.

3. What does agoge boua mean?
(a) Agoge boua means training platoon.
(b) Agoge boua means eight-nighter.
(c) Agoge boua means honorable death.
(d) Agoge boua means battle rage.

4. How many children does Xeones father?
(a) He has two daughters.
(b) He only has one child, a son.
(c) He has a son and a daughter.
(d) He has two sons.

5. Why does Arete give Xeones coins?
(a) She gives him the money to run away with and avoid death with the three hundred.
(b) She gives him the money as a gift for his birthday.
(c) She is paying him for his service to her husband.
(d) She is bribing him to remain silent of what he saw when he caught her with Polynikes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?

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

3. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?

4. How does Polynikes react to Alexandros' answer?

5. What does Rooster suggest to Xeones and Alexandros?

(see the answer key)

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