Gates of Fire Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Steven Pressfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 160 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gates of Fire Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Steven Pressfield
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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 merchant's sign say?
(a) It says "The best service in all of Greece."
(b) It says "The best service only for you, my foreskin."
(c) It says "The best service in all the land."
(d) It says "The best service only for you, my friend."

2. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?
(a) He has three daughters.
(b) He has a son and a daughter who are twins.
(c) He has twin sons and then a daughter.
(d) He has twin sons.

3. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?
(a) She convinces them that whatever the father might have done, it is no fault of the child's.
(b) She pays bribes to them to allow the child to go.
(c) She and her husband swear that the child is his, and not Rooster's.
(d) She kidnaps the child and flees Sparta.

4. Where does the Spartan king march and fight, relative to the rest of his army?
(a) The king does not go with his army, but sends a general in his stead.
(b) The king usually stays at the center of his army, so that his men surround him at all times.
(c) The king commands from the back of the army where it is safer.
(d) The king remains at the front of the lines, where he can be a part of the action at all times.

5. Other than Ball Player and the dog, who is the other volunteer?
(a) He is a merchant from Miletus, and his name is Elephantinos.
(b) The other volunteer is Minoas, a traitor from the Persian army.
(c) The other volunteer is Olaph, the wandering Arab.
(d) Tommie the Egyptian joined the Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Xeones' sparring partner?

2. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?

3. What are the Spartan battle games designed for?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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