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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 is Dienekes' squire?
(a) Alexandros is his squire.
(b) Suicide is his squire.
(c) Xeones is his squire.
(d) Rooster is his squire.

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

3. What two groups fight the first encounter?
(a) The Thespians fight the Armenians.
(b) The Thespians fight the Medes.
(c) The Spartans fight the Persians.
(d) The Spartans fight the Egyptians.

4. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?
(a) The dogs are Lucky and Bruno.
(b) The dogs are Bruno and Flanx.
(c) The dogs are Leonidas and Xerxes.
(d) The dogs are Happy and Lucky.

5. After some of the helots and Thespians leave, about how many are left in the Greek forces?
(a) There are about five hundred men left.
(b) There are about sixty men left.
(c) There are about one thousand men left.
(d) There are about one hundred men left.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who authorizes the raid on Xerxes' tent?

2. What is exoterike harmoniea?

3. For what is Xeones punished after the battle at Antirhion?

4. To whom does Rooster become a squire?

5. What is the reason for Xeones returning to life?

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