Gates of Fire Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Steven Pressfield
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 160 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Gates of Fire Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

Steven Pressfield
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7: Leonidas, Chapter 30 - 34.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Spartans count their dead?
(a) The senior surviving officer calls out the names of the soldiers, and who ever doesn't answer is counted as dead.
(b) They stand in formation and count off.
(c) They walk the field of battle and count the dead.
(d) They each have half of a twig with their names on them, and the other half is in a basket. After the battle, they all match their halves to the others in the basket and count the remaining twigs.

2. How do the soldiers show their disfavor when Polynikes is scolding Alexandros?
(a) They politely leave the area to avoid overhearing.
(b) They rap their knuckles on the table.
(c) They join Polynikes in berating Alexandros.
(d) They ignore the speech.

3. What happens to the raiding party that saves the life of Xerxes?
(a) Some exotic birds escape their cages and confuse the Spartans.
(b) One of the members of the raiding party trips and makes enough noise in his fall to alert the Persians.
(c) They go to the wrong tent at first, and have to go back.
(d) One of Xerxes' officers stumbles upon the raiding party as they are entering the tent.

4. What oath does Alexandros swear the night of Rooster's trial?
(a) He swears that he will carry out the orders of the krypteis give him.
(b) He swears that if ever Rooster meets them on the field of battle, that he will slay Rooster himself.
(c) He swears that Rooster will never be seen again.
(d) He swears that he will show mercy on Rooster in honor of their friendship.

5. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?
(a) The wall completely blocks off the pass.
(b) They could mass as many men as they care to.
(c) They could only mass twenty or thirty men.
(d) They could mass one thousand men at most.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonidas say is the tell-all when battle comes?

2. What message does Leonidas leave for Greeks who are conscripted into service to the Persians?

3. What does Lady Arete's letter to Diomache say?

4. Who makes up the only father-son pair in the three hundred?

5. Who is Xerxes?

(see the answer key)

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