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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long ago did Leonidas refuse the offer of the Persian envoy to surrender to them?
(a) One week
(b) Two years
(c) One year
(d) Three days

2. The oracle also states that no Spartan army will ____________.
(a) Leave
(b) Grow
(c) Remain
(d) March

3. ____________ realizes the Greeks have no hope of surviving the battle before them.
(a) Xerxes
(b) Daxos
(c) Leonidas
(d) Dilios

4. What does Leonidas recognize the tremors in the earth to be?
(a) The angry gods
(b) Earthquake
(c) Shifting soil
(d) Persian army

5. Who wishes to have an audience with Leonidas after the fighting during the day?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Perisan envoy
(c) Dilios
(d) Xerxes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king tell the men they will go without because of the incident with the captain and the beating?

2. What happens to the next swarm of Persian armies as they close in on the rocks of the Hot Gates?

3. The men in the army are being led by a man who is playing the __________.

4. Who is the misshapen and hunchbacked man who approaches the Spartans?

5. The next attack Xerxes orders upon the Spartans includes the use of ___________.

(see the answer key)

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