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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. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had three sons.
(b) They have had one son.
(c) They have had only daughters.
(d) They have had many sons.
2. How do the Spartans count their dead?
(a) They each have half of a twig with their names on them, and the other half is in a basket. After the battle, they all match their halves to the others in the basket and count the remaining twigs.
(b) They stand in formation and count off.
(c) The senior surviving officer calls out the names of the soldiers, and who ever doesn't answer is counted as dead.
(d) They walk the field of battle and count the dead.
3. Why does Xeones refuse to narrate anymore?
(a) He finds out about the mutilation of king Leonidas' body.
(b) He learns that Xerxes is going to kill him after he completes his story.
(c) He grows bored with the work.
(d) He realizes that telling Xerxes of Spartan warfare is treason.
4. How many boys are there in the training platoons, according to Xeones?
(a) He says that there are twenty-five.
(b) He says that there are several thousand.
(c) He says that there are seven hundred.
(d) He says that there are fourteen hundred.
5. For what is Xeones punished after the battle at Antirhion?
(a) He is punished for following the army.
(b) He is punished for not reporting in a timely fashion.
(c) He is punished for mouthing off to a superior officer.
(d) He is punished for his recklessness on the field of battle.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?
2. What does agoge boua mean?
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?
4. How does Rooster feel about Alexandros smuggling special salve for Xeones?
5. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?
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