Gates of Fire Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Steven Pressfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 160 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gates of Fire Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

Steven Pressfield
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does agoge boua mean?
(a) Agoge boua means battle rage.
(b) Agoge boua means eight-nighter.
(c) Agoge boua means training platoon.
(d) Agoge boua means honorable death.

2. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?
(a) She was raped.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She is too old.
(d) She has a large scar on her face.

3. What is the purpose of the speech Leonidas gives after this battle?
(a) He berates them for their lack of courage and for their weakness.
(b) He thanks the survivors and honors the fallen, while refocusing their attention on the main battle to come.
(c) He congratulates them on their great victory and releases them for a day to pillage the city.
(d) He congratulates them on the victory, and commends their behavior towards the prisoners.

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

5. Who is Dienekes' squire?
(a) Rooster is his squire.
(b) Suicide is his squire.
(c) Xeones is his squire.
(d) Alexandros is his squire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?

2. How are Spartan boys punished?

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

4. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?

5. What is panoplia?

(see the answer key)

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