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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the Spartan defensive tactics centering on at the start of this chapter?
(a) Hot Gates
(b) Open field
(c) Goat path
(d) Sea

2. In the Greek formation in #101, what must interlock in order to provide cover to the soldiers?
(a) Swords
(b) Shields
(c) Legs
(d) Helmets

3. Who refused to give up Ephialtes, which led to his being saved from death?
(a) Sister
(b) Uncle
(c) Father
(d) Mother

4. What is Ephialtes not able to raise to the proper height, as seen in his demonstration of his fighting ability?
(a) Legs
(b) Shield
(c) Head
(d) Sword

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has since died in great shame, which becomes Ephialtes' motivation?

2. Who responds by hurting the Persian ambassador for trying to lash one of the army members?

3. Dilios spins a tale of Spartan ____________ as the Persian visitor begins to speak to the camp.

4. Xerxes orders his personal bodyguard, _______________, into combat.

5. Where are most of the Persian fighters forced to go when they are faced with the new Greek formation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Ephialtes taken from his father and brought with him as he sought the Spartan forces?

2. What is the Persian Ambassador worried about when he approaches camp?

3. Describe the appearance of the Hot Gates where the Spartans are fighting.

4. Why doesn't Leonidas accept Ephialtes as a soldier in the Spartan army when he asks to be a part of the march?

5. What does the Persian Ambassador do, even after his significant injury?

6. What tale does Dilios tell as the Persian Ambassador visits the Spartan camp?

7. What is shown in the graphics to represent the harsh training the soldiers undergo at camp?

8. What is the advantage of fighting at the Hot Gates for the Spartans or for any army that uses this location?

9. What formation does Leonidas command once he realizes the camels might prove problematic in battle?

10. Why wasn't Ephialtes left to die of exposure in the fields in Sparta like other deformed children?

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