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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are Spartan boys punished?
(a) They are given harsh labor assignments as punishment.
(b) They are locked in small rooms, called hotboxes.
(c) They are whipped with sticks.
(d) They are starved for short periods of time and totally ignored.

2. What does Dienekes tell Alexandros after Polynikes' lecture?
(a) He tells the boy that he will eventually outrank Polynikes anyways.
(b) He tells the boy that Polynikes is just full of hot air.
(c) He tells the boy that he will never amount to anything.
(d) He tells the boy that someday he'll be able to dish it right back in Polynikes' face.

3. What does agoge boua mean?
(a) Agoge boua means eight-nighter.
(b) Agoge boua means training platoon.
(c) Agoge boua means battle rage.
(d) Agoge boua means honorable death.

4. What is the half helot's nickname?
(a) His nickname is Bob.
(b) His nickname is Rooster.
(c) His nickname is Dog.
(d) His nickname is Suicide.

5. What causes Xeones to continue the story?
(a) Dmaratos, a cruel Persian soldier, threatened to beat him if he did not continue.
(b) Xerxes told him that he would kill him if he did not continue.
(c) Dmaratos, a deposed Spartan king, reminds him of his duty to Apollo.
(d) Xeones decides to finish the story.

6. For what is Xeones punished after the battle at Antirhion?
(a) He is punished for his recklessness on the field of battle.
(b) He is punished for not reporting in a timely fashion.
(c) He is punished for mouthing off to a superior officer.
(d) He is punished for following the army.

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

8. What obstacle separates the two sides of the battleground?
(a) A swift river runs through the center of the field.
(b) A palisade bisects the field.
(c) A low stone wall bisects the field.
(d) A creek bisects the field.

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

10. To whom does Rooster become a squire?
(a) He becomes the squire of Xerxes.
(b) He became the squire of Dienekes.
(c) He becomes the squire of Olympieus.
(d) He becomes the squire of Leonidas.

11. What do the Spartans do when they reach the field of battle?
(a) They immediately retreat.
(b) They send some men to sneak around and flank the enemy.
(c) They calmly go about getting ready for battle, and wait for the enemy.
(d) They charge recklessly into the melee.

12. As Chapter 2 opens, what does Xeones say that the word Thermopylae means?
(a) It is Greek for "hot springs".
(b) It is Greek for "spa".
(c) It is Greek for "hot gates".
(d) It is Egyptian profanity.

13. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?
(a) He tells them to go to Athens.
(b) He tells them to go to Thessaly.
(c) He tells them to go to Rome.
(d) He tells them to go to Sparta.

14. How does the Egyptian number the Persian fleet?
(a) He numbers it at sixty squadrons.
(b) He numbers it at one hundred ships.
(c) He says that the Persian fleet is innumerable.
(d) He numbers it at about two million men.

15. What do the people of Sparta sing as the soldiers march off to war?
(a) They sing praises to the god Apollo.
(b) They sing the Spartan anthem.
(c) They sing the hymn to Castor.
(d) They sing the Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what warrior code are young Spartans raised?

2. What is the Antirhion army primarily composed of?

3. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

4. What punishment do Alexandros and Xeones receive?

5. Who does Diomache take with her?

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