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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the armies match to Hot Gates, where do they have to pass in their march?
(a) Hell's Hair
(b) Brimstone
(c) Hell's Gate
(d) Hell's Mouth

2. How many warriors is Leonidas going to be joined by on his walk away from his home?
(a) 300
(b) 3000
(c) 30,000
(d) 30

3. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?
(a) The ground shakes
(b) The thunder rumbles
(c) They all fall down
(d) Lightning streaks across the sky

4. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Daxos
(c) Xerxes
(d) Dilios

5. Who takes the foremost point of the triangle in the new formation the Spartans take against the Persians?
(a) Daxos
(b) Stelios
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Leonidas

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the ephors that Leonidas needs to visit with actually live?

2. Leonidas believe his army can beat the Persians with an intelligent selection of ___________.

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

4. The oracle announces that Sparta will ________________.

5. What does the Spartan soldier do to the Persian ambassador in response to his actions?

(see the answer key)

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