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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 punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?
(a) He is slain by the krypteia.
(b) He is beaten with wooden rods.
(c) He is exiled and sent to the Persians.
(d) He is absolved of his crime.

2. Who comes for Rooster after he turns down the offer of mothax?
(a) Twenty Peers come for him.
(b) No one comes for him.
(c) The royal guard came for him.
(d) Polynikes and four assassins of the krypteia came for him.

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

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

5. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?
(a) The Armenians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(b) The Sacae are the second group sent by the Persians.
(c) The Egyptians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(d) The Medes are the second group sent by the Persians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the merchant's sign say?

2. What does Polynikes do after dealing with Alexandros?

3. How does Rooster originally feel about Alexandros?

4. What is exoterike harmoniea?

5. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?

(see the answer key)

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