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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. 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 Thessaly.
(d) He tells them to go to Athens.

2. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?
(a) He is already married.
(b) Despite his deep love for her, his ethics stand in the way.
(c) He does not love her.
(d) He feels that she was the death of his brother, and wants nothing to do with her.

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

4. How does Polynikes react to Alexandros' answer?
(a) He is happy.
(b) He is saddened.
(c) He is angered.
(d) He does not care.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Spartans count their dead?

2. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?

3. What is the preferred weapon of Suicide?

4. Thermopylae is described as what?

5. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?

(see the answer key)

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