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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. By what warrior code are young Spartans raised?
(a) They are raised according to the Lykurgan warrior code.
(b) They are raised according to the code of Hammurabi.
(c) They are raised according to Bushido.
(d) They are raised according to the code of Chivalry.

2. Why does Xeones go out into a snowstorm to freeze to death?
(a) He is depressed that his girlfriend broke up with him.
(b) He is depressed that his family is dead.
(c) He is depressed that he cannot fight with a spear.
(d) He prefers a death by freezing to the slow, painful death he will have due to his fever.

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 Oak.
(b) It is called sparring.
(c) It is called The Breaking.
(d) It is called The Ploughman's Blade.

4. Who are the two narrators of this story?
(a) Xerxes and Leonidas are the narrators.
(b) The scribe and Xeones are the narrators.
(c) Ball Player and Rooster are the narrators.
(d) There is only one narrator, Xeones.

5. Who is Diomache?
(a) Diomache is one of the three Fates of Greek mythology.
(b) Diomache is the cousin of Xeones.
(c) Diomache is the concubine of Xerxes.
(d) Diomache is the wife of Leonidas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first time Xeones sees the Persian fleet, he meets an Egyptian. What was the Egyptian's name?

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

4. What is exoterike harmoniea?

5. Who is Dienekes' squire?

(see the answer key)

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