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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 does Leonidas do after the Antirhion king surrenders?
(a) He spares the lives of the survivors and those in the city.
(b) He slaughters both soldiers and city folk alike.
(c) He takes the survivors as slaves.
(d) He executes the enemy soldiers, but allows the people in the city to survive.

2. By what other name is Sparta called?
(a) Sparta is also called Mount Oracle.
(b) Sparta is also called Thermopylae.
(c) Sparta is also called The Hot Gates.
(d) Sparta is also called Lakedaemon.

3. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?
(a) They catch up to them at Rhion.
(b) They catch up to them at Antirhion.
(c) They catch up to them at Thermopylae.
(d) They catch up to them at the hot gate.

4. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?
(a) They will not lose a single officer, and the city will stand.
(b) They will either lose a king, or the city will fall.
(c) They will lose a king, and then the city will fall.
(d) They will lose many soldiers, but they will win the fight.

5. If the krypteia have their way, how is Rooster to be punished for rejecting the offer?
(a) He is to be sold into slavery.
(b) He is to be stripped of all rank and weapons and thrown out of the army.
(c) He is to be allowed to go free.
(d) He and his family are to be put to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rooster feel about Alexandros smuggling special salve for Xeones?

2. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?

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

4. What is Olympieus doing when he is killed by an arrow?

5. What does the merchant's sign say?

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