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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?
(a) Dekton dies on the final night.
(b) Hermion dies on the final night.
(c) Alexandros dies on the final night.
(d) Rooster dies on the final night.

2. What point does the author illustrate in these battle scenes about ancient warfare?
(a) War is a bloody business, and not for the faint of heart.
(b) War is a great and glorious undertaking.
(c) War is, unfortunately, unavoidable.
(d) Men who make their business warfare rather than farming perform better on the field.

3. How do Xeones and Alexandros get across the gulf?
(a) They hire a boat.
(b) They go around.
(c) They take the ferry.
(d) They swim.

4. What does Apollo tell Xeones about the spear in his vision?
(a) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is an inelegant weapon.
(b) Apollo tells Xeones that he will be killed by with a spear.
(c) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear will be the salvation of Sparta.
(d) Apollo tells Xeones that the spear is a great weapon.

5. What is the preferred weapon of Suicide?
(a) He prefers to use his spear, the Eight-footer.
(b) He prefers to use his short javelins, called Darning Needles.
(c) He prefers to use a longbow.
(d) He prefers to use his two short swords.

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

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

8. Why does Xeones go out into a snowstorm to freeze to death?
(a) He is depressed that his girlfriend broke up with him.
(b) He is depressed that he cannot fight with a spear.
(c) He prefers a death by freezing to the slow, painful death he will have due to his fever.
(d) He is depressed that his family is dead.

9. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had only daughters.
(b) They have had three sons.
(c) They have had one son.
(d) They have had many sons.

10. What is the purpose of the speech Leonidas gives after this battle?
(a) He congratulates them on the victory, and commends their behavior towards the prisoners.
(b) He berates them for their lack of courage and for their weakness.
(c) He congratulates them on their great victory and releases them for a day to pillage the city.
(d) He thanks the survivors and honors the fallen, while refocusing their attention on the main battle to come.

11. What is oktonyktia?
(a) It is the final right of passage from boyhood to adult status.
(b) It is an eight-night training exercise.
(c) It is the armor and shield that each soldier must carry.
(d) It is the lake near Sparta.

12. Who are the two narrators of this story?
(a) There is only one narrator, Xeones.
(b) Ball Player and Rooster are the narrators.
(c) The scribe and Xeones are the narrators.
(d) Xerxes and Leonidas are the narrators.

13. What is Xeones trying to steal when he is caught?
(a) He is trying to steal a goose.
(b) He is trying to steal a horse.
(c) He is trying to steal some cabbage.
(d) He is trying to steal a chicken.

14. Who is Diomache?
(a) Diomache is the wife of Leonidas.
(b) Diomache is the cousin of Xeones.
(c) Diomache is one of the three Fates of Greek mythology.
(d) Diomache is the concubine of Xerxes.

15. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?
(a) They catch up to them at Rhion.
(b) They catch up to them at the hot gate.
(c) They catch up to them at Antirhion.
(d) They catch up to them at Thermopylae.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By what warrior code are young Spartans raised?

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

4. Who does Diomache take with her?

5. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?

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