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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1: Xerxes, Chapter 5 - 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Xerxes?
(a) He is a great hero of the Punic Wars.
(b) He is the king of the Spartan city-state.
(c) He is the narrator of the story.
(d) He is the king of the Persian empire.

2. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?
(a) She is too old.
(b) She has a large scar on her face.
(c) She is ugly.
(d) She was raped.

3. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?
(a) He numbers it at one hundred ships.
(b) He numbers it at about two million men.
(c) He says that the Persian fleet is innumerable.
(d) He numbers it at sixty squadrons.

4. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?
(a) No more than twenty thousand were slain.
(b) About twenty thousand were slain.
(c) No fewer than twenty thousand were slain.
(d) About four thousand were slain.

5. Xeones tells of an exercise that the people in the baggage train practice where they serve as punching bags for the Spartan heavy infantry. What is this exercise called?
(a) It is called The Ploughman's Blade.
(b) It is called sparring.
(c) It is called The Oak.
(d) It is called The Breaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?

2. Thermopylae is described as what?

3. Who were the first soldiers to arrive at Thermopylae?

4. What is the reason for Xeones returning to life?

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

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