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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 does Dienekes teach about fear?
(a) He teaches that the only thing to fear is fear itself.
(b) He teaches that fear is silly and unmanly.
(c) He teaches that fear defeats the enemies of Sparta.
(d) He teaches that fear is a very real, and dangerous thing.

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

3. Xeones tells of an exercise that the people in the baggage train practice where they serve as punching bags for the Spartan heavy infantry. What is this exercise called?
(a) It is called The Oak.
(b) It is called sparring.
(c) It is called The Breaking.
(d) It is called The Ploughman's Blade.

4. What happens to the parents of Xeones?
(a) They also escape, but are separated and spend years searching for him.
(b) They escape with him.
(c) They are killed trying to defend their home.
(d) They are captured and sold into slavery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first time Xeones sees the Persian fleet, he meets an Egyptian. What was the Egyptian's name?

2. How does Xeones describe Dienekes?

3. Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead?

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

5. What does the Egyptian tell the Spartans about the Persian invasion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Polynikes seem to think that Spartans are better than any other men?

3. Describe the training exercise at the Oaks.

4. What is the concern of the lady Paraleio, Alexandros' mother?

5. Who catches Alexandros not using his shield properly? What happens?

6. Describe the Spartan line formation.

7. Describe the battlefield at Antirhion.

8. How are Xeones and Alexandros assigned after the battle at Antirhion?

9. How does Xeones come to follow the Spartan army when they march out to war?

10. Why does Xerxes want to hear about the Spartans?

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