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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Persians fire at the Spartans in hopes of breaking them down?
(a) Rocks
(b) Pieces of wood
(c) Arrows
(d) Fireballs

2. What kind of pushups are the soldiers in this chapter doing?
(a) Bent leg
(b) Elbow
(c) One-armed
(d) Army precisional

3. What kinds of shields do the Persian army carry, which are also not very effective against the Greeks?
(a) Palm
(b) Straw
(c) Wicker
(d) Cloth

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

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

6. What does Leonidas see as a major flaw in the Persian king?
(a) Gluttony
(b) Cheating
(c) Greed
(d) Pride

7. A Persian ____________ travels toward the Greek camp in order to speak with Leonidas
(a) Scribe
(b) Soldier
(c) Ambassador
(d) Priest

8. What is the first formation the Greeks fall into when the Persians eventually attack?
(a) Delta
(b) Alpha Majora
(c) Hoplite phalanx
(d) Lambda

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

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

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

12. Who responds by hurting the Persian ambassador for trying to lash one of the army members?
(a) Dilios
(b) Daxos
(c) Leonidas
(d) Stelios

13. Ephialtes reveals that his father taught him to fight like a _____________.
(a) God
(b) Monster
(c) Persian
(d) Spartan

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Spartans only need to defend a narrow strip of ______________ against the Persian attack when they are at the Hot Gates.

2. When he arrives at the Spartan camp, Ephialtes has his ____________ clothing, armor, and weaponry.

3. Spartan infants who show any ____________ are generally left to die.

4. Dilios spins a tale of Spartan ____________ as the Persian visitor begins to speak to the camp.

5. What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks?

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