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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. How do Xeones and Alexandros get across the gulf?
(a) They take the ferry.
(b) They go around.
(c) They swim.
(d) They hire a boat.

2. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had one son.
(b) They have had three sons.
(c) They have had only daughters.
(d) They have had many sons.

3. How are Spartan boys punished?
(a) They are locked in small rooms, called hotboxes.
(b) They are given harsh labor assignments as punishment.
(c) They are starved for short periods of time and totally ignored.
(d) They are whipped with sticks.

4. What does Polynikes do when he catches Alexandros handling his shield improperly?
(a) He bans Alexandros from the practice fields for life.
(b) He puts the boy through a lengthy and humiliating training drill.
(c) He kindly shows the boy the proper way of handling the shield.
(d) He beats the boy senseless.

5. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?
(a) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear will be the salvation of Sparta.
(b) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is an inelegant weapon.
(c) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is a great weapon.
(d) Apollo tells Xeones that he will be killed by with a spear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?

3. What does Dienekes teach about fear?

4. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?

5. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?

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