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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Combat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonidas declines the offer from Persia, realizing his last stand efforts will make him eternally ____________.
(a) Famous
(b) Revered
(c) Fabled
(d) Powerful

2. Which soldier succumbs to the heat, growing dizzy and stumbling around?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Stelios
(c) Xerxes
(d) Leonidas

3. When Leonidas announces he is going for a walk, in what direction does he say he will travel?
(a) East
(b) North
(c) South
(d) West

4. What does Ephialtes do when he hears he cannot be a part of the Spartan resistance?
(a) Argues with Leonidas
(b) Cries
(c) Kills Leonidas
(d) Flings himself over the precipice

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Spartan infants who show any ____________ are generally left to die.

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

3. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?

4. Where are most of the Persian fighters forced to go when they are faced with the new Greek formation?

5. What was Ephialtes thought to have died from before?

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