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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Polynikes, Chapter 20 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the half helot's nickname?
(a) His nickname is Rooster.
(b) His nickname is Suicide.
(c) His nickname is Bob.
(d) His nickname is Dog.

2. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?
(a) The wall completely blocks off the pass.
(b) They could only mass twenty or thirty men.
(c) They could mass one thousand men at most.
(d) They could mass as many men as they care to.

3. When does Darius of Persia die?
(a) He dies three years after the battle at Antirhion.
(b) He dies three years before the battle at Antirhion.
(c) He dies on the Ides of March.
(d) He dies during the battle at Antirhion.

4. When does Xeones see Xerxes face-to-face before he is summoned?
(a) He sees Xerxes in battle.
(b) He sees Xerxes in the Persian court while traveling as a child.
(c) He is a member of the raiding party that attempts to kill Xerxes in his tent.
(d) He sees Xerxes in a dream of prophesy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes up the only father-son pair in the three hundred?

2. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?

3. Where does the Spartan king march and fight, relative to the rest of his army?

4. By what other name is Sparta called?

5. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?

(see the answer key)

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