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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonidas has to talk to the ephors before a wide scale military expedition, according to _________ law.
(a) Greek
(b) Military
(c) Spartan
(d) Roman

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

3. What is the nickname given to the man who has fallen over because of the heat of the day?
(a) Lazyness
(b) Leanoverus
(c) Dumlios
(d) Stumblios

4. Who expresses dismay over how few soldiers Leonidas has brought to the battleground?
(a) Stelios
(b) Xerxes
(c) Daxos
(d) Dilios

5. Where does Leonidas send the Persian envoy that is sent to collect the surrender?
(a) Back to his ship
(b) Well
(c) Sea
(d) Back to his country

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the response of the ephors to the plans of Leonidas when he meets with them?

2. What arrived in Sparta that caused the King to make a decision which led to the battle they are marching to?

3. What does the boy of the story with the animal eventually become for the city of Sparta?

4. How many soldiers are rumored to be in the Persian army that Leonidas is planning on fighting?

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

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