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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 - Victory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrow trail is near a cliff which falls to the ___________ below.
(a) Grass
(b) Rocks
(c) Sea
(d) Caves

2. Who has lost an eye in the battle between the Spartans and the Persians?
(a) Dilios
(b) Leonidas
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Daxos

3. What is the place where the boy leads the animal called?
(a) The Hell's Gate
(b) A narrow wound
(c) A concave settlement
(d) The end of time

4. ______________ does not answer but he does strip off his helmet and shield as he thinks of the battle with the wolf.
(a) Leonidas
(b) Dilios
(c) Daxos
(d) Xerxes

5. Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him.
(a) Phocian
(b) Athenian
(c) Roman
(d) Persian

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Spartan formation that proves unstoppable to the Persian army?

2. What kinds of shields do the Persian army carry, which are also not very effective against the Greeks?

3. What is the color of the cloaks of the men in the army marching at the beginning of this novel?

4. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?

5. What would the earth and the water have shown to the King of Persian had Leonidas sent them?

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