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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 Suicide?
(a) He is an old statesman who sits on the senate.
(b) He is a young fighter from Scythia.
(c) He is a farmer.
(d) He is a fierce warrior from Syria.

2. How does Xeones describe Dienekes?
(a) He describes him as a great hero.
(b) He describes him as a young warrior, inexperienced in battle, but fierce and strong.
(c) He describes him as a silly old man, full of outdated ideas.
(d) He describes him as a warrior over forty-years-old who carries wounds from many battles.

3. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?
(a) He is nine.
(b) He is twelve.
(c) He is in his middle teens.
(d) He is eighteen.

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

5. 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) No fewer than twenty thousand were slain.
(c) About four thousand were slain.
(d) About twenty thousand were slain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?

2. Who is Xerxes?

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

4. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?

5. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?

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