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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Duty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?
(a) Truscius
(b) Ephialtes
(c) Xerxes
(d) Envoy

2. After Leonidas leaves the ephors, who emerges from the shadows to speak with the ephors?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Oracle
(c) The Queen
(d) Persian infiltrator

3. How many soldiers are rumored to be in the Persian army that Leonidas is planning on fighting?
(a) Hundreds
(b) Millions
(c) Very few
(d) Thousands

4. What arrived in Sparta that caused the King to make a decision which led to the battle they are marching to?
(a) A severed head
(b) Persian envoy
(c) A note from China
(d) His Queen

5. What happens to the soldier who falls over because of the heat of the day?
(a) He is killed
(b) He is beaten
(c) He is kicked out of the formation
(d) He leaves the army

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonidas has to talk to the ephors before a wide scale military expedition, according to _________ law.

2. What does the person to speak with the ephors offer to them for their treason?

3. The messenger asked that Leonidas send a ________ of earth and a jar of water to the King of Persia.

4. ____________ realizes the Greeks have no hope of surviving the battle before them.

5. How long ago did Leonidas refuse the offer of the Persian envoy to surrender to them?

(see the answer key)

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