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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A Persian ____________ travels toward the Greek camp in order to speak with Leonidas
(a) Soldier
(b) Scribe
(c) Ambassador
(d) Priest

2. What does the Spartan soldier do to the Persian ambassador in response to his actions?
(a) Lashes him
(b) Cuts off his arm
(c) Gouges out an eye
(d) Beheads him

3. Who is the last of the Spartans to die in the final battle with the Persians?
(a) Dilios
(b) Raliphos
(c) Stelios
(d) Daxos

4. What is the second wave of Persian soldiers surrounded by as they come to attack the Spartans?
(a) Light foot infantry
(b) Magicians
(c) Slingshots
(d) Trebuchets

5. What do the Greeks exult over when they look out to the sea as they wait for battle?
(a) Clear sky
(b) Persian corpses
(c) Darkness falling
(d) Blood on the ground

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the armies match to Hot Gates, where do they have to pass in their march?

2. Who does the Persian visitor see butchered and impaled as he enters the camp?

3. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?

4. The oracle announces that Sparta will ________________.

5. What does the king tell the men they will go without because of the incident with the captain and the beating?

(see the answer key)

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