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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 Thessaly.
(b) He tells them to go to Sparta.
(c) He tells them to go to Athens.
(d) He tells them to go to Rome.

2. Why does Arete give Xeones coins?
(a) She gives him the money as a gift for his birthday.
(b) She is paying him for his service to her husband.
(c) She is bribing him to remain silent of what he saw when he caught her with Polynikes.
(d) She gives him the money to run away with and avoid death with the three hundred.

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

4. What is the standing order of Dienekes while on campaign?
(a) Dienekes is to be awakened two hours before sunrise.
(b) Dienekes is to be awakened with the dawn.
(c) Dienekes is to be allowed to sleep until he wakes on his own.
(d) Dienekes is to be awakened about mid-day.

5. How does Leonidas appear to Xerxes in his dream?
(a) Xerxes sees Leonidas as whole and alive once again.
(b) Xerxes sees Leonidas beheaded, with his body nailed to a tree and his head impaled on a spike.
(c) Xerxes sees Leonidas as a vengeful spirit, ready to haunt Xerxes or eternity.
(d) Xerxes sees Leonidas as he might have been as a child.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?

2. How old are Xeones and Diomache when they separate?

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

4. Why does Polynikes feel that Spartans are superior to any other people?

5. How does Polynikes react to Alexandros' answer?

(see the answer key)

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