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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the soldiers show their disfavor when Polynikes is scolding Alexandros?
(a) They join Polynikes in berating Alexandros.
(b) They politely leave the area to avoid overhearing.
(c) They ignore the speech.
(d) They rap their knuckles on the table.

2. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it the void.
(b) They call it phobology.
(c) They call it phobologiea.
(d) They call it aphobia.

3. Where does the Spartan king march and fight, relative to the rest of his army?
(a) The king commands from the back of the army where it is safer.
(b) The king remains at the front of the lines, where he can be a part of the action at all times.
(c) The king does not go with his army, but sends a general in his stead.
(d) The king usually stays at the center of his army, so that his men surround him at all times.

4. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had one son.
(b) They have had many sons.
(c) They have had three sons.
(d) They have had only daughters.

5. How does Polynikes react to Alexandros' answer?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is saddened.
(c) He does not care.
(d) He is angered.

6. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?
(a) He numbers it at one hundred ships.
(b) He numbers it at about two million men.
(c) He says that the Persian fleet is innumerable.
(d) He numbers it at sixty squadrons.

7. Why does Polynikes feel that Spartans are superior to any other people?
(a) He says that the Spartans are far more intelligent than anyone else.
(b) He feels that all men are equal.
(c) He says that they are better because of war and manly valor.
(d) He feels that the gods show more favor to the Spartans than to anyone else.

8. What does Leonidas do after the Antirhion king surrenders?
(a) He slaughters both soldiers and city folk alike.
(b) He takes the survivors as slaves.
(c) He executes the enemy soldiers, but allows the people in the city to survive.
(d) He spares the lives of the survivors and those in the city.

9. What does the Egyptian tell the Spartans about the Persian invasion?
(a) He tells them that the Persians would be easily defeated while still at sea.
(b) He tells them to join Xerxes voluntarily like the Egyptians did.
(c) He tells them that Xerxes will slaughter them regardless of what they do.
(d) He tells them to never surrender.

10. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?
(a) Hermion dies on the final night.
(b) Alexandros dies on the final night.
(c) Dekton dies on the final night.
(d) Rooster dies on the final night.

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

12. What is the half helot's nickname?
(a) His nickname is Dog.
(b) His nickname is Rooster.
(c) His nickname is Bob.
(d) His nickname is Suicide.

13. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?
(a) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is a great weapon.
(b) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear will be the salvation of Sparta.
(c) Apollo tells Xeones that he will be killed by with a spear.
(d) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is an inelegant weapon.

14. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?
(a) He is twelve.
(b) He is in his middle teens.
(c) He is nine.
(d) He is eighteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?

2. Who is Diomache?

3. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?

4. Who does Diomache take with her?

5. Thermopylae is described as what?

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