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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the Antirhions lose the battle?
(a) They are far outnumbered by the Spartans.
(b) They lack the advanced weaponry of the Spartans.
(c) They allow fear to take control.
(d) There are traitors in the line.

2. How do the Spartans count their dead?
(a) They stand in formation and count off.
(b) They each have half of a twig with their names on them, and the other half is in a basket. After the battle, they all match their halves to the others in the basket and count the remaining twigs.
(c) They walk the field of battle and count the dead.
(d) The senior surviving officer calls out the names of the soldiers, and who ever doesn't answer is counted as dead.

3. 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, unfortunately, unavoidable.
(c) War is a great and glorious undertaking.
(d) Men who make their business warfare rather than farming perform better on the field.

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

5. Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead?
(a) It helps to keep their minds occupied and off of the fact that only moments earlier they were slaughtering men like farmers reaping wheat.
(b) It is done to confuse the enemy.
(c) It is the Spartan law that the dead be counted in such a way.
(d) It is an ancient tradition that has been passed down for generations.

6. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?
(a) They fight the Agrives.
(b) They fight the Antirhion army.
(c) They fight the army of Athens.
(d) They fight the Persian army.

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

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

9. After their return to Sparta, how does Alexandros tell Polynikes the battle made him feel?
(a) He tells Polynikes that he experienced a bloodlust during the battle.
(b) He tells Polynikes that the battle made him sick.
(c) He tells Polynikes that he was amused by the ease with which they defeated the enemy.
(d) He tells Polynikes that the battle didn't effect him at all.

10. How does Rooster feel about Alexandros smuggling special salve for Xeones?
(a) He does not care.
(b) He admires Alexandros' courage.
(c) He feels like Alexandros should just mind his own business.
(d) He feels that it is reckless.

11. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?
(a) The Carthagians sack the city-state.
(b) The Argives sack the city-state.
(c) The Spartans sack the city-state.
(d) The Persians sack the city-state.

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

13. Why does Dienekes initially resist marrying Lady Arete?
(a) He does not love her.
(b) Despite his deep love for her, his ethics stand in the way.
(c) He is already married.
(d) He feels that she was the death of his brother, and wants nothing to do with her.

14. 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 Xerxes.
(d) He becomes the squire of Leonidas.

15. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
(a) He tells it to Lady Arete.
(b) He tells it to a scribe.
(c) He tells it to Leonidas.
(d) He tells it to Xerxes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is panoplia?

2. What punishment do Alexandros and Xeones receive?

3. In Chapter 9, who dies on the final night of the training exercise?

4. What causes Xeones to continue the story?

5. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

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