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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Before the armies match to Hot Gates, where do they have to pass in their march?
(a) Brimstone
(b) Hell's Gate
(c) Hell's Mouth
(d) Hell's Hair

3. Leonidas thinks that the __________ are decrepit old men who are completely out of touch with the modern world.
(a) Soldiers
(b) Oracles
(c) Persians
(d) Ephors

4. Who is the character who spins the stories for the men as they are at their camps?
(a) Dilios
(b) Leonidas
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Stelios

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

6. What would the earth and the water have shown to the King of Persian had Leonidas sent them?
(a) Peace
(b) Partnership
(c) Collaboration
(d) Subjugation

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

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

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

10. After Leonidas leaves the ephors, who emerges from the shadows to speak with the ephors?
(a) Persian infiltrator
(b) Oracle
(c) The Queen
(d) Ephialtes

11. What kind of terrain is Leonidas leading his men over as the day continues to be hot and oppressive?
(a) Sandy
(b) Wet
(c) Slippery
(d) Rocky

12. Leonidas believe his army can beat the Persians with an intelligent selection of ___________.
(a) Terrain
(b) Men
(c) Weapons
(d) Magic

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

14. 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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Leonidas refuse the offer of the Persian envoy to surrender to them?

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

3. The Queen tells Leonidas he should come back either with his ____________ or on his _____________.

4. What are the loin straps made out of in the soldiers' uniforms as they march?

5. What does the boy of the story with the animal eventually become for the city of Sparta?

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