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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?
(a) They all fall down
(b) The ground shakes
(c) The thunder rumbles
(d) Lightning streaks across the sky

2. Who is the misshapen and hunchbacked man who approaches the Spartans?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Dilians
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Oracle

3. Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him.
(a) Roman
(b) Persian
(c) Athenian
(d) Phocian

4. Who does Leonidas call by his given name, thus restoring pride to him?
(a) Dilios
(b) Daxos
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Stelios

5. Who staggers into the Spartan camp, which surprises everyone who sees him?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Leonidas
(c) Daxos
(d) Ephialtes

6. Who wishes to have an audience with Leonidas after the fighting during the day?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Dilios
(c) Perisan envoy
(d) Xerxes

7. Who takes the foremost point of the triangle in the new formation the Spartans take against the Persians?
(a) Daxos
(b) Stelios
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Leonidas

8. In the Greek formation in #101, what must interlock in order to provide cover to the soldiers?
(a) Helmets
(b) Legs
(c) Shields
(d) Swords

9. Who has since died in great shame, which becomes Ephialtes' motivation?
(a) His father
(b) His sister
(c) His brother
(d) His mother

10. The overlapping shields of the Spartan soldiers create a solid wall of ___________.
(a) Copper
(b) Gold
(c) Bronze
(d) Silver

11. As a result of his deformity, Ephialtes, Leonidas tells him he can not be a part of the ___________.
(a) Phalanx
(b) Camp
(c) Battle
(d) Country

12. What is Ephialtes not able to raise to the proper height, as seen in his demonstration of his fighting ability?
(a) Head
(b) Sword
(c) Legs
(d) Shield

13. The Spartans only need to defend a narrow strip of ______________ against the Persian attack when they are at the Hot Gates.
(a) Land
(b) Grass
(c) Rock
(d) Water

14. Where are the Spartan defensive tactics centering on at the start of this chapter?
(a) Hot Gates
(b) Goat path
(c) Open field
(d) Sea

15. What Greek formation requires that the soldiers hold their bodies in a certain formation?
(a) Hoplite phalanx
(b) Lambda Sigma
(c) Delta
(d) Alpha phalanx

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Persian army men wear on their heads as a part of their military uniforms?

2. What was Ephialtes thought to have died from before?

3. Where are most of the Persian fighters forced to go when they are faced with the new Greek formation?

4. What do the Spartans pile into a slippery and unstable wall at the end of their victory over the second wave of Persians?

5. What does Leonidas believe the Persian King thinks he is?

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