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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Spartans do when they reach the field of battle?
(a) They calmly go about getting ready for battle, and wait for the enemy.
(b) They send some men to sneak around and flank the enemy.
(c) They charge recklessly into the melee.
(d) They immediately retreat.

2. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?
(a) He tells them to go to Thessaly.
(b) He tells them to go to Sparta.
(c) He tells them to go to Rome.
(d) He tells them to go to Athens.

3. Who is Xerxes?
(a) He is the narrator of the story.
(b) He is a great hero of the Punic Wars.
(c) He is the king of the Persian empire.
(d) He is the king of the Spartan city-state.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does agoge boua mean?

2. What does Polynikes do after dealing with Alexandros?

3. Why is Xerxes warned about the story of the Spartans?

4. What does Polynikes do when he catches Alexandros handling his shield improperly?

5. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?

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