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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Xerxes having trouble sleeping?
(a) He is being plagued by nightmares and guilt over the desecration of Leonidas' body.
(b) He has contracted a terrible illness from one of the injured soldiers.
(c) He has dysentery.
(d) He cannot sleep after the slaughter of battle.

2. Who does Xeones marry?
(a) He marries Diomache.
(b) He marries arete.
(c) He marries Thereia.
(d) He marries Agathe.

3. What secret does Arete tell Xeones in Chapter 20?
(a) She tells him that she has been in love with him for years.
(b) She tells him that she has been having an affair with Leonidas for years.
(c) She tells him that the son of Rooster really was Dienekes' child.
(d) She tells him that she had been in love with Dienekes e since she was a young girl, even while married to his brother.

4. What can Xeones see toward the middle gate?
(a) He sees the bath houses.
(b) He sees the sheer cliffs of the pass.
(c) He sees a large fox.
(d) He sees the Persians.

5. In Chapter 28, which Persian deserter asks for Xeones by name?
(a) Xerxes asks for him.
(b) Tommie asks for him.
(c) Rooster asks for him.
(d) Elephantinos asks for him.

6. Who authorizes the raid on Xerxes' tent?
(a) Polynikes authorizes it.
(b) Rooster authorizes it.
(c) Dienekes authorizes it.
(d) King Leonidas authorizes it.

7. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?
(a) He has three daughters.
(b) He has twin sons and then a daughter.
(c) He has twin sons.
(d) He has a son and a daughter who are twins.

8. What oath does Arete swear to Xeones?
(a) She swears to help take care of his son after he is gone.
(b) She swears to befriend his cousin Diomache and keep her company.
(c) She swears to never tell about his secret love.
(d) She swears that his cousin will hear of his honor in battle and where his body lies.

9. What happens to the raiding party that saves the life of Xerxes?
(a) They go to the wrong tent at first, and have to go back.
(b) One of Xerxes' officers stumbles upon the raiding party as they are entering the tent.
(c) Some exotic birds escape their cages and confuse the Spartans.
(d) One of the members of the raiding party trips and makes enough noise in his fall to alert the Persians.

10. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?
(a) The Sacae are the second group sent by the Persians.
(b) The Medes are the second group sent by the Persians.
(c) The Armenians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(d) The Egyptians are the second group sent by the Persians.

11. What does Lady Arete's letter to Diomache say?
(a) The letter is to free Diomache from her service at the temple.
(b) The letter says that Xeones' death will be honored.
(c) The letter says that Xeones is free from his service and may marry Diomache.
(d) The letter is a personal letter between old friends.

12. What is Xeones' proof that he was there, and not that he simply heard of it?
(a) He recognizes the officer who threw the axe at him and wounded Alexandros.
(b) He has several witnesses who admit that they saw him there.
(c) He shows Xerxes the place where his blade tore the wall of the tent in a back corner.
(d) He can offer only his word of honor that he is telling the truth.

13. For what valor in battle is Rooster offered new status as mothax?
(a) He captures an enemy officer.
(b) He defeats an armed Persian with his bare hands.
(c) He breaks the Persian line.
(d) He rescues Olympieus.

14. Once the Spartans make their discovery, what do they do about it?
(a) They ignore it and continue with the mission.
(b) They split into two teams, and pursue both the mission and the new discovery.
(c) They send Telamonias back to report to Leonidas.
(d) They abandon their mission.

15. What does Dienekes order Xeones to do?
(a) He orders Xeones to fight valiantly.
(b) He orders Xeones to run.
(c) He orders Xeones to stay back and observe, so that he may tell the story later.
(d) He orders Xeones to deliver a message for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xerxes believe about Xeones' story?

2. What is the purpose of an all-sire unit?

3. What message does Leonidas leave for Greeks who are conscripted into service to the Persians?

4. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?

5. Who comes for Rooster after he turns down the offer of mothax?

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