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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When king Leonidas gives his speech on the night of the arrival of the Persian force, to whom is he speaking?
(a) He is speaking to all of the allied officers and the Spartan officers.
(b) He is speaking to the Spartan officers.
(c) He is speaking to the allied officers.
(d) He is speaking to the entire combined forces.

2. What is the last thing that Xerxes says to Xeones as Chapter 19 closes?
(a) "No one could have breached my tent and survived it, therefore you are lying. I suggest that you be totally honest with me in the future, Greek."
(b) "Why would you tell me such a thing, that I may know of your offense and kill you outright?"
(c) "You are either the bravest warrior or the biggest fool to ever walk the earth"
(d) "Please, my friend, continue your tale. Tell it as you wish, in whatever manner the god instructs you."

3. What message does Leonidas leave for Greeks who are conscripted into service to the Persians?
(a) It is better to die free than live a slave.
(b) You have no choice. You are forgiven.
(c) You are traitors. May the gods curse you all.
(d) If under compulsion you must fight us your brothers, fight badly.

4. What is the standing order of Dienekes while on campaign?
(a) Dienekes is to be awakened two hours before sunrise.
(b) Dienekes is to be allowed to sleep until he wakes on his own.
(c) Dienekes is to be awakened about mid-day.
(d) Dienekes is to be awakened with the dawn.

5. What is the reason that Xerxes comes to Greece?
(a) He comes to avenge the death of his father.
(b) He comes to plunder the riches of Greece.
(c) He comes to conquer the land for natural resources.
(d) He comes to have the Greek submit to him, and to have them offer him earth and water.

6. According to Xerxes, what is the greatest desire of Xeones?
(a) He only wants to kill Xerxes, even at the cost of his own life.
(b) His greatest desire is to rejoin his brothers in arms beneath the earth in death.
(c) His top priority is to escape Xerxes and return to Sparta with the intelligence that he has picked up in the Persian camp.
(d) His desire to tell the story is greater than any other.

7. What does Rooster suggest to Xeones and Alexandros?
(a) He tells them that they should abandon the army and join the Persians, just like him.
(b) He tells them that they should desert and return home, because the Spartans would be overrun by the next day.
(c) He tells them that he knows of a way to get a dozen men to the tent of the Persian king.
(d) He tells them to fight with valor, and die a warrior's death.

8. The three hundred and their allies are to be met by a thousand heavy infantry from Phokis and Lokris. What do they find instead?
(a) They find the area abandoned with the exception of a few local people.
(b) They find only half of the troop they were expecting.
(c) They find the Egyptian Tommie.
(d) They find the Persians waiting there for them.

9. What is Olympieus doing when he is killed by an arrow?
(a) He is sharpening his sword blade.
(b) He is sleeping.
(c) He is fighting on the field of battle.
(d) He is writing in his journal.

10. Who authorizes the raid on Xerxes' tent?
(a) Dienekes authorizes it.
(b) Polynikes authorizes it.
(c) Rooster authorizes it.
(d) King Leonidas authorizes it.

11. What does Lady Arete's letter to Diomache say?
(a) The letter says that Xeones' death will be honored.
(b) The letter is a personal letter between old friends.
(c) The letter is to free Diomache from her service at the temple.
(d) The letter says that Xeones is free from his service and may marry Diomache.

12. What is Xeones' proof that he was there, and not that he simply heard of it?
(a) He can offer only his word of honor that he is telling the truth.
(b) He has several witnesses who admit that they saw him there.
(c) He shows Xerxes the place where his blade tore the wall of the tent in a back corner.
(d) He recognizes the officer who threw the axe at him and wounded Alexandros.

13. What do the Athenians call the high part of the city?
(a) They call it The Great Hill.
(b) They call it the royal compound.
(c) They call it the Acropolis.
(d) They call it The Mound.

14. Other than Ball Player and the dog, who is the other volunteer?
(a) Tommie the Egyptian joined the Greeks.
(b) The other volunteer is Minoas, a traitor from the Persian army.
(c) He is a merchant from Miletus, and his name is Elephantinos.
(d) The other volunteer is Olaph, the wandering Arab.

15. How many children does Xeones father?
(a) He has two daughters.
(b) He has a son and a daughter.
(c) He only has one child, a son.
(d) He has two sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who makes up the only father-son pair in the three hundred?

2. What do the Spartans discover on their way to the tent of Xerxes?

3. Who throws an axe at Xeones and cuts Alexandros' wrist during the tent raid?

4. How is Rooster related to Dienekes?

5. In Chapter 28, which Persian deserter asks for Xeones by name?

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