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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By what warrior code are young Spartans raised?
(a) They are raised according to Bushido.
(b) They are raised according to the code of Hammurabi.
(c) They are raised according to the Lykurgan warrior code.
(d) They are raised according to the code of Chivalry.

3. Why does Polynikes feel that Spartans are superior to any other people?
(a) He feels that the gods show more favor to the Spartans than to anyone else.
(b) He says that they are better because of war and manly valor.
(c) He says that the Spartans are far more intelligent than anyone else.
(d) He feels that all men are equal.

4. What is Hermion's nickname?
(a) He is called Mountain.
(b) He is called The Archer.
(c) He is called Pretty Boy.
(d) He is called Rooster.

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

6. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?
(a) The farmers beat him severely.
(b) The farmers cut off his right hand.
(c) The farmers drive nails through his hands.
(d) He is made to pay for what he stole.

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

8. Alexandros wants to go to battle with the older Spartans. Who tries to stop him?
(a) Xeones tries to stop him.
(b) Leonidas tries to stop him.
(c) His mother tries to stop him.
(d) Polynikes tries to stop him.

9. 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.

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

11. The first time Xeones sees the Persian fleet, he meets an Egyptian. What was the Egyptian's name?
(a) His name was Agamemnon.
(b) His name was Ptammitechus.
(c) His name was Tommie.
(d) His name was Steve.

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

13. How do the Spartans view war?
(a) The Spartans see war as a good form of population control.
(b) The Spartans see war as a terrible abomination.
(c) The Spartans see war as the only way to peace.
(d) The Spartans see war to be simply work in the business of killing as many of the enemy as possible.

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

15. Thermopylae is described as what?
(a) Thermopylae is described as a place where travelers go to use the hot mineral baths.
(b) Thermopylae is described as a small fishing village where the Persians land their invasion force.
(c) Thermopylae is described as an ancient battle ground where many battles have taken place over the centuries.
(d) Thermopylae is described as a holy place, dedicated to the worship of the gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?

2. Who is Xerxes?

3. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?

4. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

5. Where do Xeones and Diomache separate?

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