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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Greeks exult over when they look out to the sea as they wait for battle?
(a) Darkness falling
(b) Clear sky
(c) Blood on the ground
(d) Persian corpses

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

3. What does the oracle insist must be observed as Leonidas goes to battle the Persians?
(a) Carneia
(b) All must be killed
(c) Peacetime doctrine
(d) War rules

4. How long ago did Leonidas refuse the offer of the Persian envoy to surrender to them?
(a) Three days
(b) Two years
(c) One week
(d) One year

5. What begins to turn into a violent storm the closer they move toward the Hot Gates?
(a) Pelting rain
(b) Windy day
(c) Thunder
(d) Soldier's moods

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?

2. What does the king tell the men they will go without because of the incident with the captain and the beating?

3. Who suggests the the King should be surrounded by bodyguards on his walk?

4. How old is the boy in the story of the wolf that the men like to hear again and again?

5. What do the soldiers see driven to the shore? Elements of the ______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leonidas have to do prior to beginning a full scale military expedition, according to Spartan law?

2. What does Leonidas think about the ephors and their ruling about whether the Spartans can fight?

3. Why do the ephors object to the plans of Leonidas when he comes to visit them?

4. Describe the weather conditions for the soldiers as they have marched during the beginning of this story.

5. What does Leonidas suggest to the ephors that the Spartan army does when they fight the Persians?

6. Why is Daxos disappointed with Leonidas when he sees him marching toward his own group of troops?

7. Why does Leonidas believe he brought more soldiers than anyone, even though Daxos' group is larger?

8. Describe the oracle that Leonidas next confers with after talking with the ephors.

9. Where are the soldiers in the beginning of this novel marching to and from as they head into battle, it seems?

10. What happens to Stelios as he marches in the weather at the beginning of the novel?

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