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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Hot Gates themselves are a narrow ______________ gap at the base of a wall.
(a) Inches wide
(b) Window
(c) Tunnel
(d) Yards wide

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

4. What is the Persian visitor worried about the disappearance of as he enters the camp?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Earlier scouting unit
(c) His wife
(d) Leonidas

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

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

7. Spartan infants who show any ____________ are generally left to die.
(a) Intelligence issues
(b) Displeasure
(c) Deformity
(d) Anger

8. The family of Ephialtes left ____________ and traveled north to get away.
(a) Athens
(b) Sparta
(c) Tuscany
(d) Rome

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

10. Xerxes orders his personal bodyguard, _______________, into combat.
(a) The Immortals
(b) The Skulls
(c) The elephants
(d) The Jewels

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

12. Where are most of the Persian fighters forced to go when they are faced with the new Greek formation?
(a) Field
(b) Sea
(c) Into the Greek spears
(d) Into each other

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

14. The Spartans are stacking up a large __________ of Persians even before the main battle begins.
(a) Prison camp
(b) Group
(c) Wave
(d) Body count

15. The iron clad ____________ of the Spartan army ensures no man will falter or flee.
(a) Bravery
(b) Stubbornness
(c) Commitment
(d) Will

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonidas see as a major flaw in the Persian king?

2. Where are the Spartan defensive tactics centering on at the start of this chapter?

3. What does the Spartan soldier do to the Persian ambassador in response to his actions?

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

5. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?

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