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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. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
(a) He tells it to Lady Arete.
(b) He tells it to a scribe.
(c) He tells it to Xerxes.
(d) He tells it to Leonidas.

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

3. How many boys are there in the training platoons, according to Xeones?
(a) He says that there are seven hundred.
(b) He says that there are fourteen hundred.
(c) He says that there are twenty-five.
(d) He says that there are several thousand.

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

5. After their return to Sparta, how does Alexandros tell Polynikes the battle made him feel?
(a) He tells Polynikes that he experienced a bloodlust during the battle.
(b) He tells Polynikes that the battle made him sick.
(c) He tells Polynikes that the battle didn't effect him at all.
(d) He tells Polynikes that he was amused by the ease with which they defeated the enemy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What punishment do Alexandros and Xeones receive?

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

3. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?

4. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?

5. Who is Diomache?

(see the answer key)

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