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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the force of Arcadian Greeks that Leonidas encounters on his way to battle?
(a) Daxos
(b) Ephialtes
(c) Xerxes
(d) Stelios

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

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

4. What does Leonidas believe the Persian King thinks he is?
(a) Flawless
(b) God
(c) Too beautiful
(d) Too weak

5. Leonidas thinks that the __________ are decrepit old men who are completely out of touch with the modern world.
(a) Soldiers
(b) Persians
(c) Oracles
(d) Ephors

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonidas have to donate before he can see the ephors?

2. What is Ephialtes not able to raise to the proper height, as seen in his demonstration of his fighting ability?

3. What Greek formation requires that the soldiers hold their bodies in a certain formation?

4. Spartan infants who show any ____________ are generally left to die.

5. What do the Persians fire at the Spartans in hopes of breaking them down?

(see the answer key)

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