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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leonidas order the Spartans to use as their formation when he begins to realize the power of the animals?
(a) Hoplite phalanx
(b) Delta
(c) Lambda
(d) Alpha Minora

2. Leonidas believes he has brought more ____________ than anyone else.
(a) Truthful men
(b) Soldiers
(c) Men
(d) Brave ones

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

4. The Hot Gates themselves are a narrow ______________ gap at the base of a wall.
(a) Window
(b) Yards wide
(c) Tunnel
(d) Inches wide

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Leonidas say needs to flee with the rest of the retreating Greeks in the army?

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

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

4. Xerxes orders his personal bodyguard, _______________, into combat.

5. The men who are marching are armed with short _______ and heavy spears.

(see the answer key)

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