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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy return to Sparta wrapped in so as to show his victory?
(a) Cape
(b) Nothing
(c) A robe of leaves
(d) Wolf pelt

2. When Leonidas objects to the ruling of the ephors, who is he told to see next?
(a) Sirens
(b) Oracle
(c) Medusa
(d) Morpheus

3. The Queen tells Leonidas he should come back either with his ____________ or on his _____________.
(a) Sword, shield
(b) Head, back
(c) Shield, shield
(d) Shield, sword

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

5. How many soldiers are rumored to be in the Persian army that Leonidas is planning on fighting?
(a) Millions
(b) Very few
(c) Thousands
(d) Hundreds

6. What does Leonidas ask of the soldiers in the Arcadian Greek army in order to refute others who criticize his army?
(a) Their family tree
(b) Their profession
(c) Their skill set
(d) Their motivation

7. Why does the storyteller tell the rest of the men stories as they sit around at camp?
(a) To educate them
(b) To inspire them
(c) To humor them
(d) To warn them

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

9. The men at the beginning of this graphic novel are marching from where?
(a) Rome
(b) Paris
(c) Sparta
(d) Naples

10. What is the response of the ephors to the plans of Leonidas when he meets with them?
(a) Maybe
(b) Yes
(c) No
(d) They do not reply

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

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

13. How old is the boy in the story of the wolf that the men like to hear again and again?
(a) 4-years-old
(b) 10-years-old
(c) 5-years-old
(d) 20-years-old

14. What are the loin straps made out of in the soldiers' uniforms as they march?
(a) Leaves
(b) Cotton
(c) Leather
(d) Canvas

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonidas has to talk to the ephors before a wide scale military expedition, according to _________ law.

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

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

4. How many years have passed since the story of the boy and the animal has taken place?

5. The ___________ King is in command of all of the soldiers who have finally arrived at the Hot Gates.

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