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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 nation is the second to assault the Greeks?
(a) The Armenians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(b) The Egyptians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(c) The Medes are the second group sent by the Persians.
(d) The Sacae are the second group sent by the Persians.

2. Who is Paraleio?
(a) She is the wife of Xerxes.
(b) She is the mother of Alexandros.
(c) She is the cousin of Xeones.
(d) She is a prostitute.

3. Why is Xerxes having trouble sleeping?
(a) He is being plagued by nightmares and guilt over the desecration of Leonidas' body.
(b) He has contracted a terrible illness from one of the injured soldiers.
(c) He cannot sleep after the slaughter of battle.
(d) He has dysentery.

4. What punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?
(a) He is slain by the krypteia.
(b) He is beaten with wooden rods.
(c) He is absolved of his crime.
(d) He is exiled and sent to the Persians.

5. Where do Xeones and Diomache separate?
(a) They separate when they reach Athens.
(b) They separate just before reaching Sparta.
(c) They separate at a fork in the road called Three Corners.
(d) They separate at The Crossroads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?

2. How do the Persian forces surround the Greeks?

3. How do the Spartans count their dead?

4. What does Leonidas do after the Antirhion king surrenders?

5. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?

(see the answer key)

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