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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 is Rooster related to Dienekes?
(a) Rooster is his son.
(b) Rooster is his brother's bastard son.
(c) Rooster is not related to Dienekes.
(d) Rooster is his friend.

2. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had three sons.
(b) They have had only daughters.
(c) They have had many sons.
(d) They have had one son.

3. What oath does Arete swear to Xeones?
(a) She swears that his cousin will hear of his honor in battle and where his body lies.
(b) She swears to never tell about his secret love.
(c) She swears to befriend his cousin Diomache and keep her company.
(d) She swears to help take care of his son after he is gone.

4. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?
(a) The farmers drive nails through his hands.
(b) He is made to pay for what he stole.
(c) The farmers beat him severely.
(d) The farmers cut off his right hand.

5. What does Dienekes tell Alexandros after Polynikes' lecture?
(a) He tells the boy that Polynikes is just full of hot air.
(b) He tells the boy that someday he'll be able to dish it right back in Polynikes' face.
(c) He tells the boy that he will never amount to anything.
(d) He tells the boy that he will eventually outrank Polynikes anyways.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?

2. How many boys are there in the training platoons, according to Xeones?

3. What is the last thing that Xerxes says to Xeones as Chapter 19 closes?

4. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?

5. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?

(see the answer key)

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