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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is panoplia?
(a) It is the final right of passage from boyhood to adult status.
(b) It is the armor and shield that each soldier must carry.
(c) It is an eight night training exercise.
(d) It is the lake near Sparta.

2. How do the Spartans view war?
(a) The Spartans see war as a terrible abomination.
(b) The Spartans see war as the only way to peace.
(c) The Spartans see war as a good form of population control.
(d) The Spartans see war to be simply work in the business of killing as many of the enemy as possible.

3. By what other name is Sparta called?
(a) Sparta is also called Lakedaemon.
(b) Sparta is also called Thermopylae.
(c) Sparta is also called Mount Oracle.
(d) Sparta is also called The Hot Gates.

4. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?
(a) They sing the hymn to Castor.
(b) They sing the Spartan anthem.
(c) They sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
(d) They sing praises to the god Apollo.

5. Why is Xerxes warned about the story of the Spartans?
(a) It is false.
(b) It is difficult to understand.
(c) It is long and boring.
(d) It contains much foul language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?

2. Why does Xeones refuse to narrate anymore?

3. Who is Suicide?

4. Who is Dienekes' squire?

5. Which of the following is not one of the activities listed as part of Spartan life?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Diomache feel that no one will want to marry her?

2. Why do the Spartans punish their young boys by whipping them?

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

4. What is a helot?

5. Describe the battlefield at Antirhion.

6. Why does Xeones refuse to continue with the story? What happens that causes him to continue?

7. How does Dienekes feel about Tommie's suggestion that Sparta join Persia by choice?

8. Describe the training exercise at the Oaks.

9. Why does Xerxes become impatient with Xeones?

10. How does Xeones begin his story?

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