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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname given to the man who has fallen over because of the heat of the day?
(a) Stumblios
(b) Lazyness
(c) Dumlios
(d) Leanoverus

2. How long ago was the meeting with the ephors and the oracle?
(a) Two weeks
(b) Two months
(c) Two years
(d) Two days

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) A note from China
(c) Persian envoy
(d) His Queen

4. Before the armies match to Hot Gates, where do they have to pass in their march?
(a) Brimstone
(b) Hell's Hair
(c) Hell's Mouth
(d) Hell's Gate

5. What would the earth and the water have shown to the King of Persian had Leonidas sent them?
(a) Subjugation
(b) Partnership
(c) Peace
(d) Collaboration

6. The men who are marching are armed with short _______ and heavy spears.
(a) Swords
(b) Bows
(c) Chain mail
(d) Shields

7. The men are also carrying large circular __________ as they march to meet their enemy.
(a) Flags
(b) Swords
(c) Shields
(d) Spears

8. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?
(a) Envoy
(b) Ephialtes
(c) Truscius
(d) Xerxes

9. The oracle also states that no Spartan army will ____________.
(a) Remain
(b) Grow
(c) Leave
(d) March

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

11. What does the king tell the men they will go without because of the incident with the captain and the beating?
(a) Food for the day
(b) Clothing for the night
(c) Weapons for the battle
(d) Water for the day

12. Who leads the force of Arcadian Greeks that Leonidas encounters on his way to battle?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Stelios
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Daxos

13. What does Leonidas have to donate before he can see the ephors?
(a) His wife
(b) Some blood
(c) Heavy gold coins
(d) A soldier

14. What does the person to speak with the ephors offer to them for their treason?
(a) An elephant
(b) Signed surrender
(c) Gold coins
(d) Jar of earth and water

15. When Leonidas objects to the ruling of the ephors, who is he told to see next?
(a) Sirens
(b) Oracle
(c) Medusa
(d) Morpheus

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy fashion as he is out on his quest?

2. Where do the ephors that Leonidas needs to visit with actually live?

3. What begins to turn into a violent storm the closer they move toward the Hot Gates?

4. The ___________ King is in command of all of the soldiers who have finally arrived at the Hot Gates.

5. The boy is expected to ____________ for a period of time without supplies or equipment.

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