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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 is the reason for Xeones returning to life?
(a) Xeones returns to warn the Spartan people that the battle has been lost.
(b) Due to the violent nature of his death, the spirit of Xeones can not pass on to the world of the dead.
(c) Xeones returns to avenge his people.
(d) Xeones is to tell the story of the Battle of Thermopylae.
2. Why does Leonidas include inexperienced soldiers in the three hundred?
(a) He believes that the chain is made stronger by including unproven links mixed in with the more experienced.
(b) He runs out of heroes, and is forced to include young men who have little or no fighting experience.
(c) All of his experienced fighters are old, and he wants some young muscle to help carry the workload.
(d) He hand selects each soldier, knowing that all of them will die, because he needs men that are expendable.
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 help take care of his son after he is gone.
(c) She swears to never tell about his secret love.
(d) She swears to befriend his cousin Diomache and keep her company.
4. How many children does Xeones father?
(a) He has a son and a daughter.
(b) He has two daughters.
(c) He has two sons.
(d) He only has one child, a son.
5. What does the merchant's sign say?
(a) It says "The best service in all of Greece."
(b) It says "The best service only for you, my foreskin."
(c) It says "The best service in all the land."
(d) It says "The best service only for you, my friend."
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?
2. Why do the Lokrians not make the meeting?
3. What is the half helot's nickname?
4. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?
5. Who appears to Diomache in a dream after she aborted her pregnancy and was ill?
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