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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Xerxes?
(a) He is the king of the Spartan city-state.
(b) He is the narrator of the story.
(c) He is a great hero of the Punic Wars.
(d) He is the king of the Persian empire.

2. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?
(a) Xeones is from a country farm in Akarnania, not a city-state.
(b) Xeones is from in Athens.
(c) Xeones is from in Astakos.
(d) Xeones is from in Sparta.

3. What is exoterike harmoniea?
(a) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of union with one's fellows.
(b) Exoterike harmoniea is a state of self composure attained through the control of fear.
(c) Exoterike harmoniea is a composition dedicated to the gods.
(d) Exoterike harmoniea is the musical harmony of a multistringed instrument.

4. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?
(a) They fight the army of Athens.
(b) They fight the Agrives.
(c) They fight the Persian army.
(d) They fight the Antirhion army.

5. What punishment do Alexandros and Xeones receive?
(a) They are heavily lectured on responsibility, but otherwise let off the hook.
(b) They are whipped.
(c) They are locked in a small cell.
(d) They are given extra labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. After their return to Sparta, how does Alexandros tell Polynikes the battle made him feel?

2. Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead?

3. Where does Bruxieus tell Xeones and Diomache to go?

4. What is othismos?

5. Why does Diomache feel that no man will want her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Xeones after his city is burned?

2. What is a helot?

3. How does Xeones come to follow the Spartan army when they march out to war?

4. Why does Diomache feel that no one will want to marry her?

5. What is the concern of the lady Paraleio, Alexandros' mother?

6. How does Dienekes feel about Tommie's suggestion that Sparta join Persia by choice?

7. What is the outcome of the battle?

8. How do the Spartans count their dead?

9. How are Xeones and Alexandros assigned after the battle at Antirhion?

10. Who catches Alexandros not using his shield properly? What happens?

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