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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonidas believes he has brought more ____________ than anyone else.
(a) Truthful men
(b) Brave ones
(c) Men
(d) Soldiers

2. Leonidas thinks that the __________ are decrepit old men who are completely out of touch with the modern world.
(a) Oracles
(b) Soldiers
(c) Persians
(d) Ephors

3. What does the oracle insist must be observed as Leonidas goes to battle the Persians?
(a) Peacetime doctrine
(b) All must be killed
(c) Carneia
(d) War rules

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

5. The Queen tells Leonidas he should come back either with his ____________ or on his _____________.
(a) Sword, shield
(b) Head, back
(c) Shield, sword
(d) Shield, shield

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the soldier who falls over because of the heat of the day?

2. How many years have passed since the story of the boy and the animal has taken place?

3. The young boy in the story leaves ______________ in order to travel to the wilderness to prove himself.

4. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?

5. What are the loin straps made out of in the soldiers' uniforms as they march?

(see the answer key)

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