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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last thing that Xerxes says to Xeones as Chapter 19 closes?
(a) "Why would you tell me such a thing, that I may know of your offense and kill you outright?"
(b) "You are either the bravest warrior or the biggest fool to ever walk the earth"
(c) "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."
(d) "Please, my friend, continue your tale. Tell it as you wish, in whatever manner the god instructs you."

2. For what valor in battle is Rooster offered new status as mothax?
(a) He defeats an armed Persian with his bare hands.
(b) He captures an enemy officer.
(c) He breaks the Persian line.
(d) He rescues Olympieus.

3. How do the Persian forces surround the Greeks?
(a) They sail around and march up from behind.
(b) They go around the mountain.
(c) They are told of a moutain pass by a Greek traitor.
(d) They sneak around the Greeks during the night.

4. What can Xeones see toward the middle gate?
(a) He sees a large fox.
(b) He sees the bath houses.
(c) He sees the Persians.
(d) He sees the sheer cliffs of the pass.

5. Why do the Lokrians not make the meeting?
(a) They turned to the Persian side.
(b) They were already defeated.
(c) They got the time wrong, as the months have different names than in Sparta.
(d) They were afraid of the Persians, and fled.

6. What secret does Arete tell Xeones in Chapter 20?
(a) She tells him that she had been in love with Dienekes e since she was a young girl, even while married to his brother.
(b) She tells him that she has been having an affair with Leonidas for years.
(c) She tells him that she has been in love with him for years.
(d) She tells him that the son of Rooster really was Dienekes' child.

7. How does Rooster originally feel about Alexandros?
(a) He feels that Alexandros is a good friend who will always be loyal to him.
(b) He feels that he is braver and a better warrior than Alexandros, and he hates him.
(c) He loves Alexandros as his own brother, and would allow no harm to come to him.
(d) He feels that Alexandros is far braver than he will ever be.

8. Who throws an axe at Xeones and cuts Alexandros' wrist during the tent raid?
(a) It is the traitor, Rooster.
(b) It is the lady Artemisia.
(c) It is king Xerxes.
(d) It is the Persian general Mardonius.

9. What does Dienekes order Xeones to do?
(a) He orders Xeones to run.
(b) He orders Xeones to deliver a message for him.
(c) He orders Xeones to fight valiantly.
(d) He orders Xeones to stay back and observe, so that he may tell the story later.

10. What happens to the raiding party?
(a) Alexandros' hand is cut off, and a few others are killed, so Dienekes calls the retreat.
(b) They are captured.
(c) They fight against terrible odds, but manage to kill Xerxes before being killed to a man.
(d) They fight to the death.

11. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?
(a) The Sacae are the second group sent by the Persians.
(b) The Medes are the second group sent by the Persians.
(c) The Egyptians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(d) The Armenians are the second group sent by the Persians.

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

13. Who are the non-Spartan members of the raiding party?
(a) They are Tommie and Dithyrambos.
(b) They are Rooster and Tommie.
(c) They are Dithyrambos and Doreion.
(d) They are Rooster and Ball Player.

14. If the krypteia have their way, how is Rooster to be punished for rejecting the offer?
(a) He is to be allowed to go free.
(b) He is to be sold into slavery.
(c) He and his family are to be put to death.
(d) He is to be stripped of all rank and weapons and thrown out of the army.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the standing order of Dienekes while on campaign?

2. What punishment is actually dealt out to Rooster?

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

4. When the dog chases the rabbit between the two armies and then kills it, what do the Greeks think it means?

5. What is the purpose of an all-sire unit?

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