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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. How do the soldiers show their disfavor when Polynikes is scolding Alexandros?
(a) They join Polynikes in berating Alexandros.
(b) They rap their knuckles on the table.
(c) They politely leave the area to avoid overhearing.
(d) They ignore the speech.

2. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?
(a) They call it phobologiea.
(b) They call it the void.
(c) They call it phobology.
(d) They call it aphobia.

3. What is Hermion's nickname?
(a) He is called The Archer.
(b) He is called Mountain.
(c) He is called Pretty Boy.
(d) He is called Rooster.

4. What does Leonidas say is the tell-all when battle comes?
(a) He says that physical strength will tell all.
(b) He says that devotion to the gods will tell all.
(c) He says that practice of arms will tell all.
(d) He says that courage will tell all.

5. Who is Paraleio?
(a) She is a prostitute.
(b) She is the mother of Alexandros.
(c) She is the wife of Xerxes.
(d) She is the cousin of Xeones.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?

2. How are Spartan boys punished?

3. How does Xeones describe Dienekes?

4. What oath does Alexandros swear the night of Rooster's trial?

5. The first time Xeones sees the Persian fleet, he meets an Egyptian. What was the Egyptian's name?

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