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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. How do the Spartans count their dead?
(a) The senior surviving officer calls out the names of the soldiers, and who ever doesn't answer is counted as dead.
(b) They stand in formation and count off.
(c) They walk the field of battle and count the dead.
(d) They each have half of a twig with their names on them, and the other half is in a basket. After the battle, they all match their halves to the others in the basket and count the remaining twigs.

2. What is Hermion's nickname?
(a) He is called Rooster.
(b) He is called Mountain.
(c) He is called Pretty Boy.
(d) He is called The Archer.

3. What does Dienekes tell Alexandros after Polynikes' lecture?
(a) He tells the boy that someday he'll be able to dish it right back in Polynikes' face.
(b) He tells the boy that he will eventually outrank Polynikes anyways.
(c) He tells the boy that Polynikes is just full of hot air.
(d) He tells the boy that he will never amount to anything.

4. Who is Dienekes' squire?
(a) Xeones is his squire.
(b) Alexandros is his squire.
(c) Rooster is his squire.
(d) Suicide is his squire.

5. Why does Xeones refuse to narrate anymore?
(a) He finds out about the mutilation of king Leonidas' body.
(b) He realizes that telling Xerxes of Spartan warfare is treason.
(c) He grows bored with the work.
(d) He learns that Xerxes is going to kill him after he completes his story.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?

2. What does Dienekes tell the Egyptian about freedom?

3. What do the Spartans call their science of fear discipline?

4. What happens to Xeones when he is caught stealing?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the relationship between Alexandros and Xeones.

3. Describe the training exercise at the Oaks.

4. What is a helot?

5. Describe the Spartan line formation.

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

7. Why does Polynikes seem to think that Spartans are better than any other men?

8. How do Alexandros and Xeones get across the Gulf of Corinth when following the army?

9. Why does Xerxes become impatient with Xeones?

10. How does Xeones come to be in the Persian camp?

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