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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The oracle announces that Sparta will ________________.
(a) Retreat
(b) Be destroyed
(c) Be famous in its flames
(d) Be victorious

2. What is the important Spartan religious festival that the ephors say cannot be a time of war?
(a) Carneia
(b) Gretisuis
(c) Saturnalia
(d) Easter

3. Where are the babies left to die when they are seen to have troubles, like those in the answer to #89?
(a) Boats
(b) Fields
(c) Fires
(d) Sea

4. What is the Persian visitor worried about the disappearance of as he enters the camp?
(a) Earlier scouting unit
(b) His wife
(c) Leonidas
(d) Xerxes

5. Who refused to give up Ephialtes, which led to his being saved from death?
(a) Sister
(b) Father
(c) Mother
(d) Uncle

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonidas believe the Persian King thinks he is?

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

3. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?

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

5. Who refused to abandon Ephialtes' mother, which also helped to save him?

(see the answer key)

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