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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 8 - 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is exoterike harmoniea?
(a) Exoterike harmoniea is a composition dedicated to the gods.
(b) Exoterike harmoniea is the musical harmony of a multistringed instrument.
(c) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of union with one's fellows.
(d) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of self composure attained through the control of fear.

3. 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 The Breaking.
(c) It is called sparring.
(d) It is called The Oak.

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

5. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
(a) He tells it to Leonidas.
(b) He tells it to Xerxes.
(c) He tells it to Lady Arete.
(d) He tells it to a scribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hermion's nickname?

2. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?

3. What is Xeones trying to steal when he is caught?

4. What does Polynikes do after dealing with Alexandros?

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

(see the answer key)

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