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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. How many Persians are in the advance force that takes Athens?
(a) There are twenty thousand.
(b) There are fifty thousand men.
(c) There are several thousand.
(d) There are only three hundred.

2. Why does Leonidas include inexperienced soldiers in the three hundred?
(a) He believes that the chain is made stronger by including unproven links mixed in with the more experienced.
(b) He hand selects each soldier, knowing that all of them will die, because he needs men that are expendable.
(c) All of his experienced fighters are old, and he wants some young muscle to help carry the workload.
(d) He runs out of heroes, and is forced to include young men who have little or no fighting experience.

3. Who does Xeones marry?
(a) He marries Agathe.
(b) He marries arete.
(c) He marries Thereia.
(d) He marries Diomache.

4. Why does Medon take the baby after the Peers all go home?
(a) He is stealing the child so that he can kill him.
(b) He wants to have a look at the child.
(c) He is inspecting the child to see if he will be allowed to live.
(d) He is taking the child to protect him from the others.

5. What two groups fight the first encounter?
(a) The Thespians fight the Armenians.
(b) The Thespians fight the Medes.
(c) The Spartans fight the Persians.
(d) The Spartans fight the Egyptians.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Spartans encounter on their way out of the Persian camp?

2. How do the Persian forces surround the Greeks?

3. According to Xerxes, what is the greatest desire of Xeones?

4. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?

5. When king Leonidas gives his speech on the night of the arrival of the Persian force, to whom is he speaking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Leonidas frees the helots on the last day of battle?

2. Why do the Spartans want to kill Rooster and his infant son?

3. Describe what the Persians do to the body of the Spartan king, Leonidas.

4. What causes Xerxes to decide to stay in Greece and complete his campaign?

5. Why do the Spartans decide to send only 300 men?

6. What disturbs Xerxes, the Persian king?

7. Explain what the author means when he calls the 300 an all-sire unit.

8. What happens when the Greeks enter the tent of Xerxes that ultimately saves his life?

9. What happens when Rooster returns to the Greeks on the second day of battle?

10. What kinds of items do the Spartan soldiers carry with them?

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