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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Xeones tells of an exercise that the people in the baggage train practice where they serve as punching bags for the Spartan heavy infantry. What is this exercise called?
(a) It is called sparring.
(b) It is called The Oak.
(c) It is called The Breaking.
(d) It is called The Ploughman's Blade.

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

4. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?
(a) She was raped.
(b) She is ugly.
(c) She has a large scar on her face.
(d) She is too old.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the first soldiers to arrive at Thermopylae?

2. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?

3. Who is Xeones' sparring partner?

4. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

5. Who is Suicide?

(see the answer key)

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