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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonidas declines the offer from Persia, realizing his last stand efforts will make him eternally ____________.
(a) Revered
(b) Famous
(c) Powerful
(d) Fabled

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

3. What does Leonidas see as a major flaw in the Persian king?
(a) Pride
(b) Greed
(c) Gluttony
(d) Cheating

4. Where were the forces of Daxos hiding from the Persian army?
(a) Under the cliff
(b) Among the crags
(c) In the ground
(d) On top of the cliff

5. Who is doing the intense physical training depicted at the start of this chapter?
(a) Young boys
(b) Spartans
(c) Leonidas
(d) Persians

6. Who allows Ephialtes to speak with him in private about his wishes to be a part of the Spartan army?
(a) Dilios
(b) Stelios
(c) Leonidas
(d) Daxos

7. Ephialtes reveals that his father taught him to fight like a _____________.
(a) Spartan
(b) Monster
(c) Persian
(d) God

8. What Greek formation requires that the soldiers hold their bodies in a certain formation?
(a) Hoplite phalanx
(b) Delta
(c) Lambda Sigma
(d) Alpha phalanx

9. Who refused to abandon Ephialtes' mother, which also helped to save him?
(a) Brother
(b) Father
(c) Sister
(d) Grandmother

10. What does the second wave of the Persians come to the Spartans on?
(a) Elephants
(b) Horses
(c) Wagons
(d) Camels

11. What kinds of shields do the Persian army carry, which are also not very effective against the Greeks?
(a) Palm
(b) Wicker
(c) Cloth
(d) Straw

12. What is the first formation the Greeks fall into when the Persians eventually attack?
(a) Lambda
(b) Delta
(c) Alpha Majora
(d) Hoplite phalanx

13. What happens when the Persian visitor first enters the camp of the Greeks?
(a) He is lauded
(b) He is ignored
(c) He is killed
(d) He is taken prisoner

14. What is the second wave of Persian soldiers surrounded by as they come to attack the Spartans?
(a) Light foot infantry
(b) Trebuchets
(c) Magicians
(d) Slingshots

15. Who wishes to have an audience with Leonidas after the fighting during the day?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Perisan envoy
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Dilios

Short Answer Questions

1. When he arrives at the Spartan camp, Ephialtes has his ____________ clothing, armor, and weaponry.

2. What kind of pushups are the soldiers in this chapter doing?

3. What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks?

4. What does Leonidas recognize the tremors in the earth to be?

5. What does Leonidas believe the Persian King thinks he is?

(see the answer keys)

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