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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. In Chapter 29, what does Xeones say is the only thing a man really wants?
(a) He says that all a man wants is a good woman.
(b) He says that all a man wants is wealth.
(c) He says that all a man wants is to die with honor.
(d) He says that all a man wants is to live.

2. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it phobologiea.
(b) They call it the void.
(c) They call it aphobia.
(d) They call it phobology.

3. What is Hermion's nickname?
(a) He is called Mountain.
(b) He is called Rooster.
(c) He is called Pretty Boy.
(d) He is called The Archer.

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

5. If the krypteia have their way, how is Rooster to be punished for rejecting the offer?
(a) He is to be sold into slavery.
(b) He and his family are to be put to death.
(c) He is to be allowed to go free.
(d) He is to be stripped of all rank and weapons and thrown out of the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what valor in battle is Rooster offered new status as mothax?

2. When the dog chases the rabbit between the two armies and then kills it, what do the Greeks think it means?

3. What two groups fight the first encounter?

4. By what warrior code are young Spartans raised?

5. What is the original total number of troops that would leave for Thermopylae?

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