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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Spartans pile into a slippery and unstable wall at the end of their victory over the second wave of Persians?
(a) Their shields
(b) Persian corpses
(c) Persian camels
(d) Their helmets

2. Where does Leonidas want to meet with the Persian army in an effort to beat them?
(a) Hot Gates
(b) Goat pass
(c) Brimstone
(d) Holy Houses

3. Who is doing the intense physical training depicted at the start of this chapter?
(a) Young boys
(b) Persians
(c) Spartans
(d) Leonidas

4. What was Ephialtes thought to have died from before?
(a) Poison
(b) Lack of honor
(c) Broken heart
(d) Leaping from the cliff

5. What kind of pushups are the soldiers in this chapter doing?
(a) Army precisional
(b) One-armed
(c) Bent leg
(d) Elbow

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Spartan soldier do to the Persian ambassador in response to his actions?

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

3. What does Leonidas recognize the tremors in the earth to be?

4. The oracle announces that Sparta will ________________.

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

(see the answer key)

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