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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years have passed since the story of the boy and the animal has taken place?
(a) 40
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 5

2. What is the place where the boy leads the animal called?
(a) The Hell's Gate
(b) A narrow wound
(c) A concave settlement
(d) The end of time

3. How many soldiers are thought to be in the area when the final Greek attachments join Leonidas and Daxos?
(a) 70,000
(b) 3000
(c) 300
(d) 7000

4. Who refused to abandon Ephialtes' mother, which also helped to save him?
(a) Brother
(b) Grandmother
(c) Sister
(d) Father

5. The Hot Gates are a part of a massive cliff ______________ that blocks the path for many miles.
(a) Mountain
(b) Edge
(c) Wall
(d) Building

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonidas muses that his distant rival, ___________, has already refused the Persian envoy's demands, so he does too.

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

3. Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him.

4. What does the oracle inhale as she begins to talk with Leonidas about his war plans?

5. What is the important Spartan religious festival that the ephors say cannot be a time of war?

(see the answer key)

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