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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 is Olympieus doing when he is killed by an arrow?
(a) He is sharpening his sword blade.
(b) He is writing in his journal.
(c) He is fighting on the field of battle.
(d) He is sleeping.

2. Which of the following is not one of the activities listed as part of Spartan life?
(a) Spartans make sacrifices to their gods.
(b) Spartans train at controlling their fear.
(c) Spartans love to fish.
(d) Spartans wrestle and run.

3. What is the original total number of troops that would leave for Thermopylae?
(a) There are two million.
(b) There are twenty thousand.
(c) There are three hundred.
(d) There are three thousand.

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

5. How many children does Xeones father?
(a) He only has one child, a son.
(b) He has two sons.
(c) He has a son and a daughter.
(d) He has two daughters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is othismos?

2. Who is Dienekes' squire?

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

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

5. If the krypteia have their way, how is Rooster to be punished for rejecting the offer?

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