View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what other name is Sparta called?
(a) Sparta is also called Mount Oracle.
(b) Sparta is also called Lakedaemon.
(c) Sparta is also called Thermopylae.
(d) Sparta is also called The Hot Gates.

2. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?
(a) The Spartans sack the city-state.
(b) The Argives sack the city-state.
(c) The Persians sack the city-state.
(d) The Carthagians sack the city-state.

3. What does agoge boua mean?
(a) Agoge boua means eight-nighter.
(b) Agoge boua means honorable death.
(c) Agoge boua means battle rage.
(d) Agoge boua means training platoon.

4. Who is Dienekes' squire?
(a) Suicide is his squire.
(b) Xeones is his squire.
(c) Rooster is his squire.
(d) Alexandros is his squire.

5. What is the purpose of the speech Leonidas gives after this battle?
(a) He congratulates them on their great victory and releases them for a day to pillage the city.
(b) He thanks the survivors and honors the fallen, while refocusing their attention on the main battle to come.
(c) He congratulates them on the victory, and commends their behavior towards the prisoners.
(d) He berates them for their lack of courage and for their weakness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?

2. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?

3. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?

4. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?

5. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 371 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample