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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Rooster, Chapter 12 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it aphobia.
(b) They call it the void.
(c) They call it phobologiea.
(d) They call it phobology.

2. What are the Spartan battle games designed for?
(a) They are designed as a way to pass time.
(b) They are designed to entertain the boys and keep them out of trouble.
(c) They are designed as entertainment for the people.
(d) They are designed to simulate battle for training.

3. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?
(a) Polynikes tries to stop him.
(b) Xeones tries to stop him.
(c) His mother tries to stop him.
(d) Leonidas tries to stop him.

4. For what is Xeones punished after the battle at Antirhion?
(a) He is punished for his recklessness on the field of battle.
(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 following the army.

5. Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead?
(a) It helps to keep their minds occupied and off of the fact that only moments earlier they were slaughtering men like farmers reaping wheat.
(b) It is the Spartan law that the dead be counted in such a way.
(c) It is an ancient tradition that has been passed down for generations.
(d) It is done to confuse the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is exoterike harmoniea?

2. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?

3. Who is Diomache?

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

5. Why does Polynikes feel that Spartans are superior to any other people?

(see the answer key)

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