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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Combat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end of the battle between the Immortals and the Spartans, who ends up with their army entirely dead?
(a) Immortals
(b) Spartans
(c) Both
(d) No one

2. What does the oracle insist must be observed as Leonidas goes to battle the Persians?
(a) Carneia
(b) War rules
(c) Peacetime doctrine
(d) All must be killed

3. The oracle also states that no Spartan army will ____________.
(a) Leave
(b) Remain
(c) March
(d) Grow

4. When Leonidas announces he is going for a walk, in what direction does he say he will travel?
(a) South
(b) North
(c) East
(d) West

5. The Spartans only need to defend a narrow strip of ______________ against the Persian attack when they are at the Hot Gates.
(a) Rock
(b) Water
(c) Land
(d) Grass

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Spartans pile into a slippery and unstable wall at the end of their victory over the second wave of Persians?

2. Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him.

3. What kind of armor do the Persian soldiers wear, rendering them vulnerable to attack?

4. The iron clad ____________ of the Spartan army ensures no man will falter or flee.

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

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