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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. The three hundred and their allies are to be met by a thousand heavy infantry from Phokis and Lokris. What do they find instead?
(a) They find the Persians waiting there for them.
(b) They find only half of the troop they were expecting.
(c) They find the area abandoned with the exception of a few local people.
(d) They find the Egyptian Tommie.

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

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

4. What is the reason that Xerxes comes to Greece?
(a) He comes to have the Greek submit to him, and to have them offer him earth and water.
(b) He comes to avenge the death of his father.
(c) He comes to conquer the land for natural resources.
(d) He comes to plunder the riches of Greece.

5. Who is Paraleio?
(a) She is the cousin of Xeones.
(b) She is the wife of Xerxes.
(c) She is the mother of Alexandros.
(d) She is a prostitute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drives Polynikes according to Dienekes?

2. After their return to Sparta, how does Alexandros tell Polynikes the battle made him feel?

3. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?

4. Who are the non-Spartan members of the raiding party?

5. What is the original total number of troops that would leave for Thermopylae?

(see the answer key)

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