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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8: Thermopylae, Chapter 35 - 38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Xeones marry?
(a) He marries Diomache.
(b) He marries Agathe.
(c) He marries Thereia.
(d) He marries arete.

2. What can Xeones see toward the middle gate?
(a) He sees a large fox.
(b) He sees the sheer cliffs of the pass.
(c) He sees the Persians.
(d) He sees the bath houses.

3. What message does Leonidas leave for Greeks who are conscripted into service to the Persians?
(a) It is better to die free than live a slave.
(b) You are traitors. May the gods curse you all.
(c) You have no choice. You are forgiven.
(d) If under compulsion you must fight us your brothers, fight badly.

4. What does Dienekes order Xeones to do?
(a) He orders Xeones to deliver a message for him.
(b) He orders Xeones to stay back and observe, so that he may tell the story later.
(c) He orders Xeones to run.
(d) He orders Xeones to fight valiantly.

5. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?
(a) They fight the army of Athens.
(b) They fight the Agrives.
(c) They fight the Persian army.
(d) They fight the Antirhion army.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the merchant's sign say?

2. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?

3. How old are Xeones and Diomache when they separate?

4. What punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?

5. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?

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