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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. How does Leonidas appear to Xerxes in his dream?
(a) Xerxes sees Leonidas as whole and alive once again.
(b) Xerxes sees Leonidas as a vengeful spirit, ready to haunt Xerxes or eternity.
(c) Xerxes sees Leonidas as he might have been as a child.
(d) Xerxes sees Leonidas beheaded, with his body nailed to a tree and his head impaled on a spike.
2. Knowing that everyone will die the next day, what does Leonidas tell his men?
(a) He tells them all to fight with valor and die a good death.
(b) The helots are freed from service and may leave.
(c) The Greeks are to retreat.
(d) The watch is to be doubled to keep anyone from deserting.
3. Thermopylae is described as what?
(a) Thermopylae is described as a small fishing village where the Persians land their invasion force.
(b) Thermopylae is described as an ancient battle ground where many battles have taken place over the centuries.
(c) Thermopylae is described as a place where travelers go to use the hot mineral baths.
(d) Thermopylae is described as a holy place, dedicated to the worship of the gods.
4. What is the preferred weapon of Suicide?
(a) He prefers to use a longbow.
(b) He prefers to use his short javelins, called Darning Needles.
(c) He prefers to use his spear, the Eight-footer.
(d) He prefers to use his two short swords.
5. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?
(a) He is in his middle teens.
(b) He is twelve.
(c) He is nine.
(d) He is eighteen.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?
2. What is the name of the half helot friend of Xeones?
3. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?
4. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?
5. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?
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