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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The iron clad ____________ of the Spartan army ensures no man will falter or flee.
(a) Commitment
(b) Bravery
(c) Will
(d) Stubbornness

2. Which force has been in hiding and is sprung as the second trap against the Persian special army?
(a) Anatolian
(b) Athenian
(c) Arcadian
(d) Roman

3. The Spartans only need to defend a narrow strip of ______________ against the Persian attack when they are at the Hot Gates.
(a) Rock
(b) Water
(c) Land
(d) Grass

4. Xerxes wants to raise an army to smash _________ as well.
(a) Europe
(b) Asia
(c) Athens
(d) India

5. What is the Spartan formation that proves unstoppable to the Persian army?
(a) Alpha Delta
(b) Hoplite phalanx
(c) Eon Trio
(d) Delta

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him.

3. Who refused to give up Ephialtes, which led to his being saved from death?

4. Dilios, now accompanied by 10,000 Spartans and 20,000 other Greeks predicts ____________ victory over the Persians.

5. Spartan soldiers swim and dive from a massive wall made of ____________ and Persian corpses.

(see the answer key)

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