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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3: Rooster, Chapter 12 - 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it phobologiea.
(b) They call it aphobia.
(c) They call it phobology.
(d) They call it the void.

2. What is the half helot's nickname?
(a) His nickname is Rooster.
(b) His nickname is Suicide.
(c) His nickname is Dog.
(d) His nickname is Bob.

3. What obstacle separates the two sides of the battleground?
(a) A palisade bisects the field.
(b) A creek bisects the field.
(c) A swift river runs through the center of the field.
(d) A low stone wall bisects the field.

4. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?
(a) They fight the Persian army.
(b) They fight the army of Athens.
(c) They fight the Antirhion army.
(d) They fight the Agrives.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?

2. How do Xeones and Alexandros get across the gulf?

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

4. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?

5. What causes Xeones to continue the story?

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