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

2. Where does the blow from Leonidas strike Xerxes when it hits him?
(a) Arm
(b) Chest
(c) Back
(d) Cheek

3. Who does Leonidas say needs to flee with the rest of the retreating Greeks in the army?
(a) Stelios
(b) Relias
(c) Dilios
(d) Daxos

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

5. What does the boy lead the stalking animal into that proves to be the demise of the animal?
(a) Goat's pass
(b) Sea
(c) Cave
(d) Narrow fissure in the cliff

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Persians fire at the Spartans in hopes of breaking them down?

2. Ephialtes compares the attack of the Thespians to the attack of the _____________ that occurred earlier.

3. The Persian army begins to surround the _____________ from both sides.

4. At the end of the graphic novel, the Spartan hoplites are charging in formation toward the Persian army at ____________.

5. The Persian visitor offers to make Leonidas the _________________ of all Greece.

(see the answer key)

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