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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. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?
(a) Xeones tries to stop him.
(b) Polynikes tries to stop him.
(c) His mother tries to stop him.
(d) Leonidas tries to stop him.

2. To whom does Rooster become a squire?
(a) He becomes the squire of Xerxes.
(b) He became the squire of Dienekes.
(c) He becomes the squire of Leonidas.
(d) He becomes the squire of Olympieus.

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

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

5. What does agoge boua mean?
(a) Agoge boua means battle rage.
(b) Agoge boua means eight-nighter.
(c) Agoge boua means training platoon.
(d) Agoge boua means honorable death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Polynikes do after dealing with Alexandros?

2. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?

3. What obstacle separates the two sides of the battleground?

4. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?

5. What is Hermion's nickname?

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