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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 is the reason for Xeones returning to life?
(a) Xeones is to tell the story of the Battle of Thermopylae.
(b) Xeones returns to warn the Spartan people that the battle has been lost.
(c) Due to the violent nature of his death, the spirit of Xeones can not pass on to the world of the dead.
(d) Xeones returns to avenge his people.

2. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?
(a) He tells them to go to Sparta.
(b) He tells them to go to Thessaly.
(c) He tells them to go to Athens.
(d) He tells them to go to Rome.

3. 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 his recklessness on the field of battle.
(d) He is punished for mouthing off to a superior officer.

4. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?
(a) Xeones is from a country farm in Akarnania, not a city-state.
(b) Xeones is from in Sparta.
(c) Xeones is from in Athens.
(d) Xeones is from in Astakos.

5. How does Rooster feel about Alexandros smuggling special salve for Xeones?
(a) He feels like Alexandros should just mind his own business.
(b) He does not care.
(c) He feels that it is reckless.
(d) He admires Alexandros' courage.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?

4. What does Leonidas do after the Antirhion king surrenders?

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

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