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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Combat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Spartans pile into a slippery and unstable wall at the end of their victory over the second wave of Persians?
(a) Persian camels
(b) Their shields
(c) Their helmets
(d) Persian corpses

2. What do the Greeks exult over when they look out to the sea as they wait for battle?
(a) Persian corpses
(b) Darkness falling
(c) Blood on the ground
(d) Clear sky

3. What arrived in Sparta that caused the King to make a decision which led to the battle they are marching to?
(a) A severed head
(b) His Queen
(c) Persian envoy
(d) A note from China

4. What does Leonidas believe the Persian King thinks he is?
(a) Too weak
(b) Flawless
(c) Too beautiful
(d) God

5. How many soldiers are rumored to be in the Persian army that Leonidas is planning on fighting?
(a) Very few
(b) Thousands
(c) Millions
(d) Hundreds

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ephialtes not able to raise to the proper height, as seen in his demonstration of his fighting ability?

2. Where are the babies left to die when they are seen to have troubles, like those in the answer to #89?

3. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?

4. What does the boy return to Sparta wrapped in so as to show his victory?

5. How long ago was the meeting with the ephors and the oracle?

(see the answer key)

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