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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7: Leonidas, Chapter 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the raiding party?
(a) Alexandros' hand is cut off, and a few others are killed, so Dienekes calls the retreat.
(b) They fight against terrible odds, but manage to kill Xerxes before being killed to a man.
(c) They are captured.
(d) They fight to the death.

2. Who stands to defend Athens during the Persian attack?
(a) Athens is defended by the full Athenian legions.
(b) Athens is defended by a small band of fanatics only.
(c) Athens is completely abandoned.
(d) Athens is defended by the Spartans.

3. If the krypteia have their way, how is Rooster to be punished for rejecting the offer?
(a) He is to be allowed to go free.
(b) He and his family are to be put to death.
(c) He is to be stripped of all rank and weapons and thrown out of the army.
(d) He is to be sold into slavery.

4. To whom does Rooster become a squire?
(a) He became the squire of Dienekes.
(b) He becomes the squire of Olympieus.
(c) He becomes the squire of Xerxes.
(d) He becomes the squire of Leonidas.

5. Once the Spartans make their discovery, what do they do about it?
(a) They split into two teams, and pursue both the mission and the new discovery.
(b) They ignore it and continue with the mission.
(c) They send Telamonias back to report to Leonidas.
(d) They abandon their mission.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?

2. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians?

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

4. What do the Spartans and their allies do when they see the Persians for the first time?

5. What is Xeones trying to steal when he is caught?

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