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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. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?
(a) They catch up to them at Thermopylae.
(b) They catch up to them at the hot gate.
(c) They catch up to them at Rhion.
(d) They catch up to them at Antirhion.

2. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?
(a) He becomes a spearman.
(b) He becomes a swordsman.
(c) He becomes an archer.
(d) He becomes a general.

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

4. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?
(a) He does not love her.
(b) Despite his deep love for her, his ethics stand in the way.
(c) He is already married.
(d) He feels that she was the death of his brother, and wants nothing to do with her.

5. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?
(a) He numbers it at sixty squadrons.
(b) He numbers it at about two million men.
(c) He numbers it at one hundred ships.
(d) He says that the Persian fleet is innumerable.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Spartans count their dead?

2. Who is the half helot's father?

3. What does agoge boua mean?

4. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?

5. How does Rooster feel about Alexandros smuggling special salve for Xeones?

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