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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. What does Polynikes do when he catches Alexandros handling his shield improperly?
(a) He bans Alexandros from the practice fields for life.
(b) He kindly shows the boy the proper way of handling the shield.
(c) He beats the boy senseless.
(d) He puts the boy through a lengthy and humiliating training drill.

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

3. Where does the Spartan king march and fight, relative to the rest of his army?
(a) The king does not go with his army, but sends a general in his stead.
(b) The king usually stays at the center of his army, so that his men surround him at all times.
(c) The king remains at the front of the lines, where he can be a part of the action at all times.
(d) The king commands from the back of the army where it is safer.

4. How does Rooster feel about Alexandros smuggling special salve for Xeones?
(a) He feels that it is reckless.
(b) He does not care.
(c) He admires Alexandros' courage.
(d) He feels like Alexandros should just mind his own business.

5. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?
(a) He tells the Egyptian that it is better to live as a slave than to die free.
(b) He tells the Egyptian that the only free men are dead men.
(c) He tells the Egyptian that freedom must be bought with steel, not gold.
(d) He tells the Egyptian that freedom is a state of mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. There is a battle on the plain west of Antirhion. Who do the Spartans fight there?

2. How are Spartan boys punished?

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

4. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?

5. What kind of story does Xerxes want to hear in chapter one?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a helot?

2. Why does the author jump from place to place in the story?

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

4. How does Xeones describe the Spartan view on war?

5. Describe the Spartan line formation.

6. When the Spartans realize that the boys followed them, what is the punishment that Xeones must endure?

7. Why is Xeones depressed? What happens?

8. What is the outcome of the battle?

9. How do the Spartans count their dead?

10. Why does Xerxes want to hear about the Spartans?

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