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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Xeones and Alexandros get across the gulf?
(a) They swim.
(b) They go around.
(c) They hire a boat.
(d) They take the ferry.

2. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?
(a) They allow fear to take control.
(b) They are far outnumbered by the Spartans.
(c) They lack the advanced weaponry of the Spartans.
(d) There are traitors in the line.

3. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She has a large scar on her face.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She was raped.

4. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?
(a) No more than twenty thousand were slain.
(b) About twenty thousand were slain.
(c) About four thousand were slain.
(d) No fewer than twenty thousand were slain.

5. How do the Spartans count their dead?
(a) They each have half of a twig with their names on them, and the other half is in a basket. After the battle, they all match their halves to the others in the basket and count the remaining twigs.
(b) They stand in formation and count off.
(c) The senior surviving officer calls out the names of the soldiers, and who ever doesn't answer is counted as dead.
(d) They walk the field of battle and count the dead.

6. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?
(a) The dogs are Happy and Lucky.
(b) The dogs are Leonidas and Xerxes.
(c) The dogs are Lucky and Bruno.
(d) The dogs are Bruno and Flanx.

7. What does Polynikes do when he catches Alexandros handling his shield improperly?
(a) He puts the boy through a lengthy and humiliating training drill.
(b) He kindly shows the boy the proper way of handling the shield.
(c) He beats the boy senseless.
(d) He bans Alexandros from the practice fields for life.

8. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?
(a) He tells the Egyptian that it is better to live as a slave than to die free.
(b) He tells the Egyptian that freedom must be bought with steel, not gold.
(c) He tells the Egyptian that the only free men are dead men.
(d) He tells the Egyptian that freedom is a state of mind.

9. What punishment do Alexandros and Xeones receive?
(a) They are given extra labor.
(b) They are whipped.
(c) They are locked in a small cell.
(d) They are heavily lectured on responsibility, but otherwise let off the hook.

10. Who is Xerxes?
(a) He is the king of the Persian empire.
(b) He is the narrator of the story.
(c) He is the king of the Spartan city-state.
(d) He is a great hero of the Punic Wars.

11. What is exoterike harmoniea?
(a) Exoterike harmoniea is the musical harmony of a multistringed instrument.
(b) Exoterike harmoniea is a composition dedicated to the gods.
(c) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of union with one's fellows.
(d) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of self composure attained through the control of fear.

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

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

14. What is the reason for Xeones returning to life?
(a) Due to the violent nature of his death, the spirit of Xeones can not pass on to the world of the dead.
(b) Xeones is to tell the story of the Battle of Thermopylae.
(c) Xeones returns to avenge his people.
(d) Xeones returns to warn the Spartan people that the battle has been lost.

15. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?
(a) He becomes a spearman.
(b) He becomes an archer.
(c) He becomes a general.
(d) He becomes a swordsman.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?

2. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?

3. What obstacle separates the two sides of the battleground?

4. Xeones tells of an exercise that the people in the baggage train practice where they serve as punching bags for the Spartan heavy infantry. What is this exercise called?

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

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