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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. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
(a) He tells it to Leonidas.
(b) He tells it to a scribe.
(c) He tells it to Xerxes.
(d) He tells it to Lady Arete.

2. Who vouches for Xeones that he did not overhear details of the raid from the surgeons?
(a) Mardonius speaks up for Xeones' honor.
(b) Artemisia tells the king that the surgeons would not have known of such an attack.
(c) King Xerxes trusts Xeones, and declares his words true.
(d) Orontes, captain of the Immortals informs the king that Xeones was never once left alone with them.

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

4. Who throws an axe at Xeones and cuts Alexandros' wrist during the tent raid?
(a) It is king Xerxes.
(b) It is the traitor, Rooster.
(c) It is the lady Artemisia.
(d) It is the Persian general Mardonius.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears to Diomache in a dream after she aborted her pregnancy and was ill?

2. How do the Spartans count their dead?

3. Where are the Persians as Chapter 18 opens?

4. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?

5. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?

(see the answer key)

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