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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The men in the army are being led by a man who is playing the __________.
(a) Guitar
(b) Horn
(c) Pipes
(d) Drums

2. What do the soldiers see driven to the shore? Elements of the ______________.
(a) Ephors
(b) Oracle
(c) Athenian princes
(d) Persian fleet

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

4. For how many days have the men been marching to arrive at their location?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 5

5. The ___________ King is in command of all of the soldiers who have finally arrived at the Hot Gates.
(a) Roman
(b) Greek
(c) Spartan
(d) Persian

6. What does the oracle insist must be observed as Leonidas goes to battle the Persians?
(a) All must be killed
(b) Peacetime doctrine
(c) Carneia
(d) War rules

7. What does Leonidas have to donate before he can see the ephors?
(a) Some blood
(b) Heavy gold coins
(c) A soldier
(d) His wife

8. Leonidas has to talk to the ephors before a wide scale military expedition, according to _________ law.
(a) Military
(b) Greek
(c) Spartan
(d) Roman

9. The men are wearing heavy __________ helmets as they are marching to meet their enemy.
(a) Silver
(b) Gold
(c) Copper
(d) Bronze

10. The messenger asked that Leonidas send a ________ of earth and a jar of water to the King of Persia.
(a) Bucket
(b) Jar
(c) Tureen
(d) Cask

11. Who suggests the the King should be surrounded by bodyguards on his walk?
(a) Dilios
(b) Stelios
(c) Xerxes
(d) The Queen

12. The boy is expected to ____________ for a period of time without supplies or equipment.
(a) Fight
(b) Fast
(c) Meditate
(d) Survive

13. What kind of animal is the boy stalked by as he is sitting in the wilderness?
(a) Lion
(b) Coyote
(c) Wolf
(d) Tiger

14. The remainder of the Persian envoy's entourage is then ___________ at Leonidas' orders.
(a) Massacred
(b) Captured
(c) Injured
(d) Ignored

15. Who gives the nickname to the man who has fallen down during their march?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Leonidas
(c) Dilios
(d) Stelios

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many soldiers are thought to be in the area when the final Greek attachments join Leonidas and Daxos?

3. What does Leonidas ask of the soldiers in the Arcadian Greek army in order to refute others who criticize his army?

4. Which soldier succumbs to the heat, growing dizzy and stumbling around?

5. The oracle announces that Sparta will ________________.

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