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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6: Dienekes, Chapter 24 - 29.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?
(a) The Sacae are the second group sent by the Persians.
(b) The Armenians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(c) The Egyptians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(d) The Medes are the second group sent by the Persians.

2. Who are the two narrators of this story?
(a) There is only one narrator, Xeones.
(b) Ball Player and Rooster are the narrators.
(c) Xerxes and Leonidas are the narrators.
(d) The scribe and Xeones are the narrators.

3. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?
(a) Alexandros dies on the final night.
(b) Hermion dies on the final night.
(c) Rooster dies on the final night.
(d) Dekton dies on the final night.

4. What do the Athenians call the high part of the city?
(a) They call it the royal compound.
(b) They call it The Mound.
(c) They call it The Great Hill.
(d) They call it the Acropolis.

5. How many Persians are in the advance force that takes Athens?
(a) There are several thousand.
(b) There are twenty thousand.
(c) There are fifty thousand men.
(d) There are only three hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the half helot friend of Xeones?

2. What punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?

3. What secret does Arete tell Xeones in Chapter 20?

4. Why does Medon take the baby after the Peers all go home?

5. What does Polynikes do when he catches Alexandros handling his shield improperly?

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