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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 is othismos?
(a) Othismos is the euphoria that comes upon the victor after a battle.
(b) Othismos is a field near Sparta where the Spartan boys train.
(c) Othismos is one of the ancient Spartan sacrificial rites.
(d) Othismos is the initial collision on the battlefield and the chaos that follows.

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

3. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?
(a) About four thousand were slain.
(b) No fewer than twenty thousand were slain.
(c) About twenty thousand were slain.
(d) No more than twenty thousand were slain.

4. What does Xeones become in the Spartan army?
(a) He becomes an archer.
(b) He becomes a spearman.
(c) He becomes a swordsman.
(d) He becomes a general.

5. What does the Egyptian tell the Spartans about the Persian invasion?
(a) He tells them that Xerxes will slaughter them regardless of what they do.
(b) He tells them to join Xerxes voluntarily like the Egyptians did.
(c) He tells them that the Persians would be easily defeated while still at sea.
(d) He tells them to never surrender.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the two narrators of this story?

2. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?

3. Who is Suicide?

4. Who is the half helot's father?

5. What are the names of the two dogs that Xeones and Diomache find?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story behind Dienekes and Arete?

2. Why is Xeones depressed? What happens?

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

4. Describe the Spartan line formation.

5. Who is Bruxieus?

6. What is a helot?

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

8. Describe the Spartan games.

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

10. Describe the training exercise at the Oaks.

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