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

2. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?
(a) The Spartans sack the city-state.
(b) The Persians sack the city-state.
(c) The Carthagians sack the city-state.
(d) The Argives sack the city-state.

3. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?
(a) He wants to hear "the infantryman's tale".
(b) He wants to hear about Spartan life during times of peace.
(c) He wants to hear "A Tale of Two Cities".
(d) He wants to hear a tale of generals and kings.

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

5. 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?
(a) It is called The Ploughman's Blade.
(b) It is called The Oak.
(c) It is called sparring.
(d) It is called The Breaking.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?

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

3. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?

4. How does Xeones describe Dienekes?

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

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