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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. What does the Egyptian tell the Spartans about the Persian invasion?
(a) He tells them that Xerxes will slaughter them regardless of what they do.
(b) He tells them that the Persians would be easily defeated while still at sea.
(c) He tells them to never surrender.
(d) He tells them to join Xerxes voluntarily like the Egyptians did.

2. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had three sons.
(b) They have had only daughters.
(c) They have had many sons.
(d) They have had one son.

3. By what other name is Sparta called?
(a) Sparta is also called Lakedaemon.
(b) Sparta is also called Mount Oracle.
(c) Sparta is also called Thermopylae.
(d) Sparta is also called The Hot Gates.

4. What happens to the parents of Xeones?
(a) They are captured and sold into slavery.
(b) They are killed trying to defend their home.
(c) They escape with him.
(d) They also escape, but are separated and spend years searching for him.

5. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?
(a) The Fate Clotho weaves his thread back into the pattern of life.
(b) He is given an elixir of immortality.
(c) Apollo returns him to life.
(d) His spirit roams the battlefield until eventually settling back into his body.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?

2. Who is Xerxes?

3. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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