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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5: Polynikes, Chapter 20 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Xeones see toward the middle gate?
(a) He sees a large fox.
(b) He sees the bath houses.
(c) He sees the Persians.
(d) He sees the sheer cliffs of the pass.

2. Who is Xerxes?
(a) He is a great hero of the Punic Wars.
(b) He is the king of the Spartan city-state.
(c) He is the narrator of the story.
(d) He is the king of the Persian empire.

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

4. What is the purpose of the speech Leonidas gives after this battle?
(a) He thanks the survivors and honors the fallen, while refocusing their attention on the main battle to come.
(b) He congratulates them on the victory, and commends their behavior towards the prisoners.
(c) He congratulates them on their great victory and releases them for a day to pillage the city.
(d) He berates them for their lack of courage and for their weakness.

5. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?
(a) He becomes an archer.
(b) He becomes a swordsman.
(c) He becomes a spearman.
(d) He becomes a general.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is panoplia?

2. What does agoge boua mean?

3. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?

4. Who does Xeones list off as some of the members of the tent raiding party?

5. By what other name is Sparta called?

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