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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. For what valor in battle is Rooster offered new status as mothax?
(a) He captures an enemy officer.
(b) He rescues Olympieus.
(c) He defeats an armed Persian with his bare hands.
(d) He breaks the Persian line.

2. What punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?
(a) He is exiled and sent to the Persians.
(b) He is absolved of his crime.
(c) He is slain by the krypteia.
(d) He is beaten with wooden rods.

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

4. What is Xeones' proof that he was there, and not that he simply heard of it?
(a) He can offer only his word of honor that he is telling the truth.
(b) He has several witnesses who admit that they saw him there.
(c) He recognizes the officer who threw the axe at him and wounded Alexandros.
(d) He shows Xerxes the place where his blade tore the wall of the tent in a back corner.

5. What is the Antirhion army primarily composed of?
(a) It is an unorganized rabble of bandits and highwaymen.
(b) It is mainly mercenaries hired from neighboring kingdoms.
(c) It is mainly citizen soldiers.
(d) It is mainly well trained regulars, career soldiers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Persians as Chapter 18 opens?

2. What is panoplia?

3. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?

4. How do the Spartans view war?

5. What point does the author illustrate in these battle scenes about ancient warfare?

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