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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. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?
(a) He tells them to go to Athens.
(b) He tells them to go to Thessaly.
(c) He tells them to go to Rome.
(d) He tells them to go to Sparta.

2. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?
(a) It is Greek for "spa".
(b) It is Greek for "hot springs".
(c) It is Egyptian profanity.
(d) It is Greek for "hot gates".

3. How is Rooster related to Dienekes?
(a) Rooster is his brother's bastard son.
(b) Rooster is his son.
(c) Rooster is his friend.
(d) Rooster is not related to Dienekes.

4. Why does Polynikes feel that Spartans are superior to any other people?
(a) He says that the Spartans are far more intelligent than anyone else.
(b) He feels that the gods show more favor to the Spartans than to anyone else.
(c) He says that they are better because of war and manly valor.
(d) He feels that all men are equal.

5. What happens to the raiding party that saves the life of Xerxes?
(a) They go to the wrong tent at first, and have to go back.
(b) One of the members of the raiding party trips and makes enough noise in his fall to alert the Persians.
(c) Some exotic birds escape their cages and confuse the Spartans.
(d) One of Xerxes' officers stumbles upon the raiding party as they are entering the tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dienekes decide that the opposite of fear is?

2. What is the purpose of an all-sire unit?

3. The three hundred and their allies are to be met by a thousand heavy infantry from Phokis and Lokris. What do they find instead?

4. For what valor in battle is Rooster offered new status as mothax?

5. What point does the author illustrate in these battle scenes about ancient warfare?

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