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

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

3. 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 freedom is a state of mind.
(c) He tells the Egyptian that the only free men are dead men.
(d) He tells the Egyptian that it is better to live as a slave than to die free.

4. For what is Xeones punished after the battle at Antirhion?
(a) He is punished for following the army.
(b) He is punished for mouthing off to a superior officer.
(c) He is punished for not reporting in a timely fashion.
(d) He is punished for his recklessness on the field of battle.

5. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?
(a) The Carthagians sack the city-state.
(b) The Spartans sack the city-state.
(c) The Argives sack the city-state.
(d) The Persians sack the city-state.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?

2. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?

3. Why does Xeones go out into a snowstorm to freeze to death?

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

5. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the lady Arete reveal to Xeones?

2. Who is Bruxieus?

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

4. Why does Polynikes seem to think that Spartans are better than any other men?

5. Why does Xerxes want to hear about the Spartans?

6. How does Xeones come to be in the Persian camp?

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

8. Describe the training exercise at the Oaks.

9. Describe the Spartan games.

10. Why is Xeones depressed? What happens?

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