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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

2. What does Dienekes tell Alexandros after Polynikes' lecture?

3. Who is Dienekes' squire?

4. Who does Diomache take with her?

5. What is exoterike harmoniea?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Alexandros and Xeones.

2. Why does Xerxes become impatient with Xeones?

3. Describe the training exercise at the Oaks.

4. How do the Spartans count their dead?

5. What is the story behind Dienekes and Arete?

6. What is a helot?

7. Describe the Spartan games.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What causes Leonidas to offer freedom to the helots, and allow anyone who does not want to stand and die the opportunity to leave? Why do he and his men remain to fight the Persians, knowing that they will die? What are some reasons that so many of them leave? Does leaving the field of battle, knowing that they can not win and will die, make all of the men who leave cowards? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Arete offers Xeones some money and the chance to flee Sparta before the army marches off to war. Why does she do this? What causes Xeones to refuse to fleet Sparta when Arete offers him the chance to escape? What causes him to remain with the Spartans in battle, even after he is ordered by Dienekes to leave and save himself? Describe what kind of man you feel Xeones is.

Essay Topic 3

By simply maintaining military discipline, the Spartans are able to defeat many enemies in battle who do not know discipline. Define discipline. Why is discipline so important on the battlefield? Is it equally important off the field? Why or why not?

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