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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Dienekes, Chapter 24 - 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?
(a) They will lose a king, and then the city will fall.
(b) They will lose many soldiers, but they will win the fight.
(c) They will either lose a king, or the city will fall.
(d) They will not lose a single officer, and the city will stand.

2. When king Leonidas gives his speech on the night of the arrival of the Persian force, to whom is he speaking?
(a) He is speaking to the Spartan officers.
(b) He is speaking to the allied officers.
(c) He is speaking to all of the allied officers and the Spartan officers.
(d) He is speaking to the entire combined forces.

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

4. How do the soldiers show their disfavor when Polynikes is scolding Alexandros?
(a) They ignore the speech.
(b) They rap their knuckles on the table.
(c) They politely leave the area to avoid overhearing.
(d) They join Polynikes in berating Alexandros.

5. Who does Xeones marry?
(a) He marries Thereia.
(b) He marries Diomache.
(c) He marries arete.
(d) He marries Agathe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who comes for Rooster after he turns down the offer of mothax?

3. Who appears to Diomache in a dream after she aborted her pregnancy and was ill?

4. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?

5. Who is Diomache?

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