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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 - Duty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how many days have the men been marching to arrive at their location?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) 3

2. What do the Greeks exult over when they look out to the sea as they wait for battle?
(a) Blood on the ground
(b) Darkness falling
(c) Persian corpses
(d) Clear sky

3. What is the color of the cloaks of the men in the army marching at the beginning of this novel?
(a) Green
(b) Yellow
(c) Red
(d) Purple

4. The remainder of the Persian envoy's entourage is then ___________ at Leonidas' orders.
(a) Captured
(b) Massacred
(c) Ignored
(d) Injured

5. The Queen tells Leonidas he should come back either with his ____________ or on his _____________.
(a) Sword, shield
(b) Head, back
(c) Shield, shield
(d) Shield, sword

Short Answer Questions

1. After Leonidas leaves the ephors, who emerges from the shadows to speak with the ephors?

2. Who is the character who spins the stories for the men as they are at their camps?

3. Leonidas muses that his distant rival, ___________, has already refused the Persian envoy's demands, so he does too.

4. What kind of animal is the boy stalked by as he is sitting in the wilderness?

5. How many years have passed since the story of the boy and the animal has taken place?

(see the answer key)

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