Gates of Fire | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Book 1: Xerxes, Chapter 1 - 4

1. To whom does Xeones tell his story?

2. How does Xeones return to life from the grave?

3. What is the reason for Xeones returning to life?

4. Thermopylae is described as what?

5. According to Xeones, each Spartan soldier goes into battle with at least one what?

6. Who is Diomache?

7. What is the name of the city-state where Xeones is from?

8. Who sacks the city-state that was the birthplace of Xeones?

9. How old is Xeones when he flees the destruction of his home?

10. What happens to the parents of Xeones?

11. Who is Xerxes?

12. Why is Xerxes warned...
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