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

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

3. How many soldiers are thought to be in the area when the final Greek attachments join Leonidas and Daxos?
(a) 7000
(b) 3000
(c) 300
(d) 70,000

4. Which soldier succumbs to the heat, growing dizzy and stumbling around?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Leonidas
(c) Stelios
(d) Xerxes

5. The boy is expected to ____________ for a period of time without supplies or equipment.
(a) Meditate
(b) Survive
(c) Fight
(d) Fast

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the color of the cloaks of the men in the army marching at the beginning of this novel?

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

3. What does the place where the ephors live emit from the rocks?

4. When Leonidas announces he is going for a walk, in what direction does he say he will travel?

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

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