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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Spartan soldier do to the Persian ambassador in response to his actions?
(a) Gouges out an eye
(b) Cuts off his arm
(c) Lashes him
(d) Beheads him

2. What is the response of the ephors to the plans of Leonidas when he meets with them?
(a) They do not reply
(b) No
(c) Yes
(d) Maybe

3. What does the second wave of the Persians come to the Spartans on?
(a) Elephants
(b) Horses
(c) Camels
(d) Wagons

4. The Spartans are stacking up a large __________ of Persians even before the main battle begins.
(a) Group
(b) Wave
(c) Body count
(d) Prison camp

5. What Greek formation requires that the soldiers hold their bodies in a certain formation?
(a) Delta
(b) Hoplite phalanx
(c) Lambda Sigma
(d) Alpha phalanx

Short Answer Questions

1. Ephialtes reveals that his father taught him to fight like a _____________.

2. How many soldiers are thought to be in the area when the final Greek attachments join Leonidas and Daxos?

3. What happens when the Persian visitor first enters the camp of the Greeks?

4. What do the Persian army men wear on their heads as a part of their military uniforms?

5. How many soldiers are rumored to be in the Persian army that Leonidas is planning on fighting?

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