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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is watching from a distance and is becoming nervous that the Spartans might actually win?
(a) Oracle
(b) Xerxes
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Leonidas

2. Leonidas declines the offer from Persia, realizing his last stand efforts will make him eternally ____________.
(a) Powerful
(b) Revered
(c) Fabled
(d) Famous

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

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

5. Who does the Persian visitor see butchered and impaled as he enters the camp?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Leonidas
(c) Animals
(d) Scouts

6. Who is assigned as a picket for the night after the Spartans won two decisive victories over the Persians?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Stelios
(c) Dilios
(d) Daxos

7. In the end of the battle between the Immortals and the Spartans, who ends up with their army entirely dead?
(a) No one
(b) Both
(c) Immortals
(d) Spartans

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

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

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

11. Spartan soldiers swim and dive from a massive wall made of ____________ and Persian corpses.
(a) Weapons
(b) Boulders
(c) Supplies
(d) Shields

12. Who allows Ephialtes to speak with him in private about his wishes to be a part of the Spartan army?
(a) Daxos
(b) Stelios
(c) Dilios
(d) Leonidas

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

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

15. What do the Persian army men wear on their heads as a part of their military uniforms?
(a) Metal pans
(b) Wicker berets
(c) Helmets
(d) Turbans

Short Answer Questions

1. The pride of Xerxes causes him to want immediate ______________ from his personal bodyguard troops.

2. What is the first formation the Greeks fall into when the Persians eventually attack?

3. What kinds of shields do the Persian army carry, which are also not very effective against the Greeks?

4. A Persian ____________ travels toward the Greek camp in order to speak with Leonidas

5. Who does the Persian ambassador attempt to lash as he becomes more and more frustrated?

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