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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 recognizes the officer who threw the axe at him and wounded Alexandros.
(d) He shows Xerxes the place where his blade tore the wall of the tent in a back corner.

2. What does Xerxes believe about Xeones' story?
(a) He finds it entertaining, but is unsure of its truth.
(b) He believes it all to be lies.
(c) He believes it is true, but has no bearing on the battles ahead.
(d) He believes that it is true and pertinent to the war efforts.

3. Who appears to Diomache in a dream after she aborted her pregnancy and was ill?
(a) Zeus appears to her.
(b) Persephone appears to her.
(c) Apollo appears to her.
(d) Ares appears to her.

4. 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 the entire combined forces.
(b) He is speaking to all of the allied officers and the Spartan officers.
(c) He is speaking to the allied officers.
(d) He is speaking to the Spartan officers.

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

6. 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 says that Xeones is free from his service and may marry Diomache.
(d) The letter is to free Diomache from her service at the temple.

7. After some of the helots and Thespians leave, about how many are left in the Greek forces?
(a) There are about five hundred men left.
(b) There are about sixty men left.
(c) There are about one thousand men left.
(d) There are about one hundred men left.

8. How does Leonidas appear to Xerxes in his dream?
(a) Xerxes sees Leonidas beheaded, with his body nailed to a tree and his head impaled on a spike.
(b) Xerxes sees Leonidas as whole and alive once again.
(c) Xerxes sees Leonidas as a vengeful spirit, ready to haunt Xerxes or eternity.
(d) Xerxes sees Leonidas as he might have been as a child.

9. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?
(a) The wall completely blocks off the pass.
(b) They could mass as many men as they care to.
(c) They could only mass twenty or thirty men.
(d) They could mass one thousand men at most.

10. Who stands to defend Athens during the Persian attack?
(a) Athens is completely abandoned.
(b) Athens is defended by the Spartans.
(c) Athens is defended by the full Athenian legions.
(d) Athens is defended by a small band of fanatics only.

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

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

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

14. Knowing that everyone will die the next day, what does Leonidas tell his men?
(a) The watch is to be doubled to keep anyone from deserting.
(b) He tells them all to fight with valor and die a good death.
(c) The helots are freed from service and may leave.
(d) The Greeks are to retreat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can Xeones see toward the middle gate?

2. Who vouches for Xeones that he did not overhear details of the raid from the surgeons?

3. Who do the Spartans encounter on their way out of the Persian camp?

4. What do the Athenians call the high part of the city?

5. Where are the Persians as Chapter 18 opens?

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