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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. Who were the first soldiers to arrive at Thermopylae?
(a) The Thespians were the first to arrive.
(b) The Spartan heavy infantry were first to arrive.
(c) The Persians were the first to arrive.
(d) The Spartan Rangers were first to arrive.

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

3. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it phobologiea.
(b) They call it aphobia.
(c) They call it phobology.
(d) They call it the void.

4. What do the Spartans and their allies do when they see the Persians for the first time?
(a) They run away.
(b) They surrender to the Persians.
(c) They attack the Persians.
(d) They shout insults at the Persians.

5. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?
(a) They catch up to them at Thermopylae.
(b) They catch up to them at Antirhion.
(c) They catch up to them at the hot gate.
(d) They catch up to them at Rhion.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men make up the party that attacks Xerxes' tent?

2. What does Dienekes teach about fear?

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

4. What does Xerxes believe about Xeones' story?

5. Who are the non-Spartan members of the raiding party?

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