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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. Where do Xeones and Diomache separate?
(a) They separate just before reaching Sparta.
(b) They separate at The Crossroads.
(c) They separate when they reach Athens.
(d) They separate at a fork in the road called Three Corners.

2. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?
(a) He tells the Egyptian that freedom must be bought with steel, not gold.
(b) He tells the Egyptian that freedom is a state of mind.
(c) He tells the Egyptian that the only free men are dead men.
(d) He tells the Egyptian that it is better to live as a slave than to die free.

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

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

5. What does Dienekes teach about fear?
(a) He teaches that fear is silly and unmanly.
(b) He teaches that fear is a very real, and dangerous thing.
(c) He teaches that the only thing to fear is fear itself.
(d) He teaches that fear defeats the enemies of Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Xeones tell his story?

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

3. Why does Xeones go out into a snowstorm to freeze to death?

4. By what other name is Sparta called?

5. What does Polynikes do after dealing with Alexandros?

(see the answer key)

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