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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is oktonyktia?
(a) It is an eight-night training exercise.
(b) It is the armor and shield that each soldier must carry.
(c) It is the final right of passage from boyhood to adult status.
(d) It is the lake near Sparta.

2. After their return to Sparta, how does Alexandros tell Polynikes the battle made him feel?
(a) He tells Polynikes that the battle didn't effect him at all.
(b) He tells Polynikes that he experienced a bloodlust during the battle.
(c) He tells Polynikes that he was amused by the ease with which they defeated the enemy.
(d) He tells Polynikes that the battle made him sick.

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

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

5. What is the Antirhion army primarily composed of?
(a) It is an unorganized rabble of bandits and highwaymen.
(b) It is mainly well trained regulars, career soldiers.
(c) It is mainly mercenaries hired from neighboring kingdoms.
(d) It is mainly citizen soldiers.

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

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

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

9. Which of the following is not one of the activities listed as part of Spartan life?
(a) Spartans love to fish.
(b) Spartans make sacrifices to their gods.
(c) Spartans wrestle and run.
(d) Spartans train at controlling their fear.

10. By what other name is Sparta called?
(a) Sparta is also called Mount Oracle.
(b) Sparta is also called Lakedaemon.
(c) Sparta is also called The Hot Gates.
(d) Sparta is also called Thermopylae.

11. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?
(a) He is given an elixir of immortality.
(b) His spirit roams the battlefield until eventually settling back into his body.
(c) The Fate Clotho weaves his thread back into the pattern of life.
(d) Apollo returns him to life.

12. What does Dienekes teach about fear?
(a) He teaches that fear is silly and unmanly.
(b) He teaches that the only thing to fear is fear itself.
(c) He teaches that fear defeats the enemies of Sparta.
(d) He teaches that fear is a very real, and dangerous thing.

13. Who is Suicide?
(a) He is an old statesman who sits on the senate.
(b) He is a farmer.
(c) He is a young fighter from Scythia.
(d) He is a fierce warrior from Syria.

14. How do the Spartans view war?
(a) The Spartans see war as a good form of population control.
(b) The Spartans see war as a terrible abomination.
(c) The Spartans see war as the only way to peace.
(d) The Spartans see war to be simply work in the business of killing as many of the enemy as possible.

15. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?
(a) He tells them to go to Rome.
(b) He tells them to go to Thessaly.
(c) He tells them to go to Sparta.
(d) He tells them to go to Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polynikes do when he catches Alexandros handling his shield improperly?

2. To whom does Rooster become a squire?

3. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?

4. Why does Polynikes feel that Spartans are superior to any other people?

5. Why is Xerxes warned about the story of the Spartans?

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