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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 Leonidas do after the Antirhion king surrenders?
(a) He spares the lives of the survivors and those in the city.
(b) He takes the survivors as slaves.
(c) He executes the enemy soldiers, but allows the people in the city to survive.
(d) He slaughters both soldiers and city folk alike.

2. How many sons has Arete born Dienekes?
(a) They have had three sons.
(b) They have had only daughters.
(c) They have had one son.
(d) They have had many sons.

3. How do the soldiers show their disfavor when Polynikes is scolding Alexandros?
(a) They ignore the speech.
(b) They politely leave the area to avoid overhearing.
(c) They join Polynikes in berating Alexandros.
(d) They rap their knuckles on the table.

4. Why does Polynikes feel that Spartans are superior to any other people?
(a) He feels that the gods show more favor to the Spartans than to anyone else.
(b) He says that they are better because of war and manly valor.
(c) He says that the Spartans are far more intelligent than anyone else.
(d) He feels that all men are equal.

5. To whom does Xeones tell his story?
(a) He tells it to Xerxes.
(b) He tells it to Leonidas.
(c) He tells it to Lady Arete.
(d) He tells it to a scribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Xeones and Alexandros catch up to the Spartan army?

2. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?

3. What punishment do Alexandros and Xeones receive?

4. How are Spartan boys punished?

5. In the first chapter, about how many Persians are said to have been slain in just three days of battle with the Spartans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story behind Dienekes and Arete?

2. Why do the Spartans punish their young boys by whipping them?

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

4. Describe the battlefield at Antirhion.

5. Describe the Spartan games.

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

7. What does the lady Arete reveal to Xeones?

8. Who is Bruxieus?

9. How does Xeones begin his story?

10. Why does Xeones refuse to continue with the story? What happens that causes him to continue?

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