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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8: Thermopylae, Chapter 35 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What drives Polynikes according to Dienekes?
(a) Polynikes is driven by the greed for glory.
(b) Polynikes is driven the fear of dishonor.
(c) Polynikes is driven by his bloodlust.
(d) Polynikes has true andreia.

2. What is Hermion's nickname?
(a) He is called Rooster.
(b) He is called The Archer.
(c) He is called Mountain.
(d) He is called Pretty Boy.

3. How are Spartan boys punished?
(a) They are whipped with sticks.
(b) They are given harsh labor assignments as punishment.
(c) They are starved for short periods of time and totally ignored.
(d) They are locked in small rooms, called hotboxes.

4. What do the scribe and Orontes want to do about Xeones?
(a) They want him dead, but they want to preserve the story.
(b) They want to preserve the story, and allow him to finish.
(c) They want to offer him asylum in the Persian court.
(d) They want him dead and the story destroyed.

5. What is the purpose of an all-sire unit?
(a) When they die, their sons can then be conscripted.
(b) An ancient belief forbids Spartans from sending men into battle who have not yet fathered a son.
(c) While they are away on campaign, their sons can take care of the home.
(d) When they die, they will have living male heirs to carry on their names.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Xeones say is the only thing a man really wants?

3. When Xerxes goes on a rampage, what does he do in his rage?

4. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?

5. How many Persians are in the advance force that takes Athens?

(see the answer key)

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