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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Leonidas keep the three hundred from getting new cloaks?
(a) He feels that there is no time for the ceremony, and that he and his men must leave immediately.
(b) He wants to wait until after the battle so the new cloaks won't get torn and bloody.
(c) He feels that it would be a waste of the city's resources to replace the cloaks of men who will not get to use them long.
(d) He wants to wait until after the battle so he will not get cloaks for those who won't survive.

2. What does Dienekes decide that the opposite of fear is?
(a) The opposite of fear is love.
(b) The opposite of fear is glory.
(c) The opposite of fear is courage.
(d) The opposite of fear is aphobia.

3. Why does Leonidas include inexperienced soldiers in the three hundred?
(a) He hand selects each soldier, knowing that all of them will die, because he needs men that are expendable.
(b) All of his experienced fighters are old, and he wants some young muscle to help carry the workload.
(c) He believes that the chain is made stronger by including unproven links mixed in with the more experienced.
(d) He runs out of heroes, and is forced to include young men who have little or no fighting experience.

4. How is Rooster related to Dienekes?
(a) Rooster is not related to Dienekes.
(b) Rooster is his friend.
(c) Rooster is his son.
(d) Rooster is his brother's bastard son.

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

6. Who does Xeones list off as some of the members of the tent raiding party?
(a) He lists Alexandros, Orontes, Ephesus, and himself.
(b) He lists Alexandros, Polynikes, Rooster, and himself.
(c) He lists Alexandros, Dienekes, Orontes, and himself.
(d) He lists Alexandros, Polynikes, Dienekes, and himself.

7. What is Xeones' proof that he was there, and not that he simply heard of it?
(a) He recognizes the officer who threw the axe at him and wounded Alexandros.
(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 can offer only his word of honor that he is telling the truth.

8. When does Xeones see Xerxes face-to-face before he is summoned?
(a) He sees Xerxes in the Persian court while traveling as a child.
(b) He sees Xerxes in a dream of prophesy.
(c) He is a member of the raiding party that attempts to kill Xerxes in his tent.
(d) He sees Xerxes in battle.

9. In Chapter 29, what does Xeones say is the only thing a man really wants?
(a) He says that all a man wants is to live.
(b) He says that all a man wants is wealth.
(c) He says that all a man wants is a good woman.
(d) He says that all a man wants is to die with honor.

10. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians?
(a) Fly to the corners of the earth.
(b) Only with the Spartans may you defeat the enemy.
(c) The wooden wall alone shall not fail you.
(d) The enemy will overrun and destroy you.

11. What does the merchant's sign say?
(a) It says "The best service only for you, my friend."
(b) It says "The best service in all the land."
(c) It says "The best service only for you, my foreskin."
(d) It says "The best service in all of Greece."

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

13. Who vouches for Xeones that he did not overhear details of the raid from the surgeons?
(a) Mardonius speaks up for Xeones' honor.
(b) Orontes, captain of the Immortals informs the king that Xeones was never once left alone with them.
(c) Artemisia tells the king that the surgeons would not have known of such an attack.
(d) King Xerxes trusts Xeones, and declares his words true.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Medon take the baby after the Peers all go home?

2. Why does Artemisia tell Xerxes that he cannot leave the field of battle?

3. What question does Dienekes tell Alexandros has haunted him his whole life?

4. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?

5. How many Persians are in the advance force that takes Athens?

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