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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the two narrators of this story?
(a) There is only one narrator, Xeones.
(b) The scribe and Xeones are the narrators.
(c) Ball Player and Rooster are the narrators.
(d) Xerxes and Leonidas are the narrators.

2. Why does Xeones refuse to narrate anymore?
(a) He learns that Xerxes is going to kill him after he completes his story.
(b) He grows bored with the work.
(c) He finds out about the mutilation of king Leonidas' body.
(d) He realizes that telling Xerxes of Spartan warfare is treason.

3. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?
(a) They fight the Persian army.
(b) They fight the Agrives.
(c) They fight the army of Athens.
(d) They fight the Antirhion army.

4. Who is the half helot's father?
(a) His father is king Leonidas.
(b) His father had been a Spartan soldier.
(c) His father is a farmer.
(d) His father is a member of the council.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Egyptian tell the Spartans about the Persian invasion?

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

3. How do the soldiers show their disfavor when Polynikes is scolding Alexandros?

4. What is the reason for Xeones returning to life?

5. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Xeones refuse to continue with the story? What happens that causes him to continue?

2. Why is Xeones depressed? What happens?

3. Describe the battlefield at Antirhion.

4. How are Xeones and Alexandros assigned after the battle at Antirhion?

5. How does Xeones come to follow the Spartan army when they march out to war?

6. Describe the Spartan line formation.

7. Describe the Spartan games.

8. Why does the author jump from place to place in the story?

9. Describe the relationship between Alexandros and Xeones.

10. Why do the Spartans punish their young boys by whipping them?

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