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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the purpose of an all-sire unit?
(a) While they are away on campaign, their sons can take care of the home.
(b) When they die, their sons can then be conscripted.
(c) An ancient belief forbids Spartans from sending men into battle who have not yet fathered a son.
(d) When they die, they will have living male heirs to carry on their names.

5. What drives Polynikes according to Dienekes?
(a) Polynikes has true andreia.
(b) Polynikes is driven the fear of dishonor.
(c) Polynikes is driven by the greed for glory.
(d) Polynikes is driven by his bloodlust.

6. 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 a good woman.
(c) He says that all a man wants is to die with honor.
(d) He says that all a man wants is wealth.

7. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians to do about the Persian invasion?
(a) The Oracle tells them to stand and fight for their freedom.
(b) The Oracle tells them to bargain with Persia.
(c) The Oracle tells them to fly to the ends of the earth.
(d) The Oracle tells them to remain neutral.

8. Why is Xerxes having trouble sleeping?
(a) He is being plagued by nightmares and guilt over the desecration of Leonidas' body.
(b) He has contracted a terrible illness from one of the injured soldiers.
(c) He has dysentery.
(d) He cannot sleep after the slaughter of battle.

9. 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 to fight with valor, and die a warrior's death.
(d) He tells them that he knows of a way to get a dozen men to the tent of the Persian king.

10. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?
(a) She pays bribes to them to allow the child to go.
(b) She and her husband swear that the child is his, and not Rooster's.
(c) She kidnaps the child and flees Sparta.
(d) She convinces them that whatever the father might have done, it is no fault of the child's.

11. What does Leonidas say is the tell-all when battle comes?
(a) He says that courage will tell all.
(b) He says that practice of arms will tell all.
(c) He says that devotion to the gods will tell all.
(d) He says that physical strength will tell all.

12. What is the original total number of troops that would leave for Thermopylae?
(a) There are three thousand.
(b) There are twenty thousand.
(c) There are two million.
(d) There are three hundred.

13. What two groups fight the first encounter?
(a) The Thespians fight the Medes.
(b) The Thespians fight the Armenians.
(c) The Spartans fight the Persians.
(d) The Spartans fight the Egyptians.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leonidas appear to Xerxes in his dream?

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

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

4. What does Xerxes believe about Xeones' story?

5. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?

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