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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The men who are marching are armed with short _______ and heavy spears.
(a) Chain mail
(b) Shields
(c) Swords
(d) Bows

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

3. Where do the ephors that Leonidas needs to visit with actually live?
(a) Cave
(b) Middle of Athens
(c) Craggy peak
(d) Mount Olympus

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

5. What arrived in Sparta that caused the King to make a decision which led to the battle they are marching to?
(a) Persian envoy
(b) His Queen
(c) A note from China
(d) A severed head

Short Answer Questions

1. What would the earth and the water have shown to the King of Persian had Leonidas sent them?

2. What kinds of shields do the Persian army carry, which are also not very effective against the Greeks?

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

4. What do the Greeks exult over when they look out to the sea as they wait for battle?

5. The remainder of the Persian envoy's entourage is then ___________ at Leonidas' orders.

(see the answer key)

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