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1)

How many soldiers are thought to be in the area when the final Greek attachments join Leonidas and Daxos? (from Chapter 2 - Duty)

3000
300
70,000
7000
2)

Who leaps forward and kills the Persian ambassador at the secret signal of Leonidas? (from Chapter 5 - Victory)

Xerxes
Stelios
Daxos
Ephialtes
3)

What kind of pushups are the soldiers in this chapter doing? (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

One-armed
Elbow
Bent leg
Army precisional
4)

What do the Greeks exult over when they look out to the sea as they wait for battle? (from Chapter 2 - Duty)

Darkness falling
Clear sky
Blood on the ground
Persian corpses
5)

Spartan soldiers swim and dive from a massive wall made of ____________ and Persian corpses. (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

Supplies
Shields
Boulders
Weapons
6)

What does Ephialtes reveal to Leonidas as a way to circumvent the Hot Gates? (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

Gunpowder
Goat path
Tunnel
Hidden wooden opening
7)

Leonidas says that he hopes _____________ will live forever. (from Chapter 5 - Victory)

Xerxes
Leonidas
Daxos
Ephialtes
8)

Who is the last of the Spartans to die in the final battle with the Persians? (from Chapter 5 - Victory)

Daxos
Dilios
Stelios
Raliphos
9)

The others in the army view Ephialtes' appearance with _________________ as he hulks over to see them. (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

Humor
Fear
Gratitude
Suspicion
10)

Who are standing on the backs of the soldiers as they do the intense push-ups? (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

No one
Persian captives
Officers
Women
11)

What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks? (from Chapter 4 - Combat)

Their phalanx
A Trojan Horse
Supplies
Slippery corpses
12)

Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him. (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

Phocian
Roman
Persian
Athenian
13)

What happens when the Persian visitor first enters the camp of the Greeks? (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

He is lauded
He is ignored
He is taken prisoner
He is killed
14)

Who has lost an eye in the battle between the Spartans and the Persians? (from Chapter 5 - Victory)

Dilios
Ephialtes
Leonidas
Daxos
15)

____________ realizes the Greeks have no hope of surviving the battle before them. (from Chapter 2 - Duty)

Daxos
Dilios
Xerxes
Leonidas
16)

Leonidas declines the offer from Persia, realizing his last stand efforts will make him eternally ____________. (from Chapter 4 - Combat)

Famous
Fabled
Powerful
Revered
17)

What is the secret Ephialtes reveals to the Persian king as he makes a pact with him? (from Chapter 5 - Victory)

The hidden goat path
His secret fighting style
The weakness of Leonidas
The Spartan formations
18)

What do the Persian army men wear on their heads as a part of their military uniforms? (from Chapter 4 - Combat)

Wicker berets
Metal pans
Turbans
Helmets
19)

What does Ephialtes decry when the Persians begins to attack the retreating soldiers? (from Chapter 5 - Victory)

Persia
Mass murder
Anyone surviving
Greece
20)

Who is pierced by dozens of arrows and dies amongst his men? (from Chapter 5 - Victory)

Ephialtes
Leonidas
Daxos
Dilios
21)

When he arrives at the Spartan camp, Ephialtes has his ____________ clothing, armor, and weaponry. (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

Grandfather's
Uncle's
Brother's
Father's
22)

What do the Spartans pile into a slippery and unstable wall at the end of their victory over the second wave of Persians? (from Chapter 4 - Combat)

Persian corpses
Their shields
Persian camels
Their helmets
23)

As a result of his deformity, Ephialtes, Leonidas tells him he can not be a part of the ___________. (from Chapter 3 - Glory)

Camp
Country
Phalanx
Battle
24)

What does Leonidas see as a major flaw in the Persian king? (from Chapter 4 - Combat)

Gluttony
Greed
Pride
Cheating
25)

What do the soldiers see driven to the shore? Elements of the ______________. (from Chapter 2 - Duty)

Persian fleet
Oracle
Ephors
Athenian princes
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