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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) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 1

2. What does Leonidas ask of the soldiers in the Arcadian Greek army in order to refute others who criticize his army?
(a) Their motivation
(b) Their family tree
(c) Their profession
(d) Their skill set

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

4. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Daxos
(c) Leonidas
(d) Dilios

5. The young boy in the story leaves ______________ in order to travel to the wilderness to prove himself.
(a) Capitula
(b) Sparta
(c) Rome
(d) Athrurus

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonidas has to talk to the ephors before a wide scale military expedition, according to _________ law.

2. Who orders the captain to stop the beating of the man who ended up falling down from the heat?

3. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?

4. What is the year in the only dates frame in this first chapter?

5. What happens to the soldier who falls over because of the heat of the day?

(see the answer key)

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