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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Polynikes, Chapter 18 - 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Xeones go out into a snowstorm to freeze to death?
(a) He is depressed that his girlfriend broke up with him.
(b) He is depressed that he cannot fight with a spear.
(c) He is depressed that his family is dead.
(d) He prefers a death by freezing to the slow, painful death he will have due to his fever.

2. How does Rooster feel about Alexandros smuggling special salve for Xeones?
(a) He feels that it is reckless.
(b) He admires Alexandros' courage.
(c) He feels like Alexandros should just mind his own business.
(d) He does not care.

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

4. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?
(a) Xeones tries to stop him.
(b) His mother tries to stop him.
(c) Leonidas tries to stop him.
(d) Polynikes tries to stop him.

5. Who is Paraleio?
(a) She is the mother of Alexandros.
(b) She is the wife of Xerxes.
(c) She is the cousin of Xeones.
(d) She is a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?

2. What is othismos?

3. What punishment do Alexandros and Xeones receive?

4. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?

5. What do the Athenians call the high part of the city?

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