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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. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?
(a) The farmers beat him severely.
(b) The farmers cut off his right hand.
(c) He is made to pay for what he stole.
(d) The farmers drive nails through his hands.

2. Where does the Spartan king march and fight, relative to the rest of his army?
(a) The king does not go with his army, but sends a general in his stead.
(b) The king commands from the back of the army where it is safer.
(c) The king usually stays at the center of his army, so that his men surround him at all times.
(d) The king remains at the front of the lines, where he can be a part of the action at all times.

3. What is the preferred weapon of Suicide?
(a) He prefers to use his spear, the Eight-footer.
(b) He prefers to use a longbow.
(c) He prefers to use his short javelins, called Darning Needles.
(d) He prefers to use his two short swords.

4. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?
(a) He wants to hear a tale of generals and kings.
(b) He wants to hear "the infantryman's tale".
(c) He wants to hear "A Tale of Two Cities".
(d) He wants to hear about Spartan life during times of peace.

5. How are Spartan boys punished?
(a) They are given harsh labor assignments as punishment.
(b) They are whipped with sticks.
(c) They are locked in small rooms, called hotboxes.
(d) They are starved for short periods of time and totally ignored.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not one of the activities listed as part of Spartan life?

2. Who are the two narrators of this story?

3. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?

4. How does Xeones describe Dienekes?

5. What is exoterike harmoniea?

(see the answer key)

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