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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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) The Greeks are to retreat.
(c) The helots are freed from service and may leave.
(d) He tells them all to fight with valor and die a good death.

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

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

7. Why do the Spartans decide to send only three hundred soldiers to Thermopylae?
(a) The three hundred is only the advance force meant to hold off the Persians long enough for the main force to arrive.
(b) A larger force would not have room to fight, and would cause supply problems.
(c) The Spartans do not feel that the Persians are a real threat to them, so three hundred should more than suffice.
(d) The Spartan senate refuses to send troops to Thermopylae, and the three hundred are the only volunteers.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. What happens to the raiding party that saves the life of Xerxes?
(a) One of the members of the raiding party trips and makes enough noise in his fall to alert the Persians.
(b) One of Xerxes' officers stumbles upon the raiding party as they are entering the tent.
(c) They go to the wrong tent at first, and have to go back.
(d) Some exotic birds escape their cages and confuse the Spartans.

13. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?
(a) They will either lose a king, or the city will fall.
(b) They will lose many soldiers, but they will win the fight.
(c) They will not lose a single officer, and the city will stand.
(d) They will lose a king, and then the city will fall.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians to do about the Persian invasion?

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

3. What is Xeones' proof that he was there, and not that he simply heard of it?

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

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

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