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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 babies left to die when they are seen to have troubles, like those in the answer to #89?
(a) Fields
(b) Sea
(c) Fires
(d) Boats

2. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?
(a) The thunder rumbles
(b) The ground shakes
(c) They all fall down
(d) Lightning streaks across the sky

3. Who responds by hurting the Persian ambassador for trying to lash one of the army members?
(a) Dilios
(b) Leonidas
(c) Stelios
(d) Daxos

4. What does Ephialtes do when he hears he cannot be a part of the Spartan resistance?
(a) Cries
(b) Flings himself over the precipice
(c) Kills Leonidas
(d) Argues with Leonidas

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Persian visitor see butchered and impaled as he enters the camp?

2. The Spartans only need to defend a narrow strip of ______________ against the Persian attack when they are at the Hot Gates.

3. What does the Persian ambassador continue to deliver, even as he is hurt badly?

4. What is the second wave of Persian soldiers surrounded by as they come to attack the Spartans?

5. As a result of his deformity, Ephialtes, Leonidas tells him he can not be a part of the ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leonidas do in order to restore the honor of Stelios before the other men?

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

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

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

5. Who is the Persian representative that come into camp as the Spartans begin to ready for a major battle?

6. What does King Xerxes offer to Leonidas when he comes into the camp the evening after battle?

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

8. After the initial assault of the Persians is defeated, what do the Persians do next to the Spartans?

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

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

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