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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is othismos?

3. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?

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

5. What is the half helot's nickname?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Spartan games.

2. How do the Spartans count their dead?

3. What does the lady Arete reveal to Xeones?

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

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

6. How does Xeones begin his story?

7. Describe the Spartan line formation.

8. Describe the relationship between Alexandros and Xeones.

9. What is the concern of the lady Paraleio, Alexandros' mother?

10. Describe the battlefield at Antirhion.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is an all-sire unit? Explain what it means to be an all-sire unit. What would it be like to be a member of one of these units? Compare the Spartan all-sire units with similar units of other civilizations and times.

Essay Topic 2

During the battle at Thermopylae, several soldiers are caught trying to desert. Answer the following questions:

1. What reasons do the men give for desertion?

2. What reasons does Leonidas give for allowing the men to flee?

3. Why do some of the men beg to be allowed to return to duty after the speech that Leonidas gives?

4. How do the other men feel about those who desert? What do the other men want to do about it?

Essay Topic 3

Xeones denounces Xerxes as a poor king. Why does Xoenes feel that Xerxes is a poor king? How does Xeones describe a good king? In your own words, describe Xerxes as a king, and tell whether you think he is a good king or not, and why.

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