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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 does Leonidas ask of the soldiers in the Arcadian Greek army in order to refute others who criticize his army?
(a) Their skill set
(b) Their motivation
(c) Their profession
(d) Their family tree

2. What is the color of the cloaks of the men in the army marching at the beginning of this novel?
(a) Green
(b) Purple
(c) Red
(d) Yellow

3. How many warriors is Leonidas going to be joined by on his walk away from his home?
(a) 300
(b) 30,000
(c) 30
(d) 3000

4. What does the person to speak with the ephors offer to them for their treason?
(a) Signed surrender
(b) Gold coins
(c) Jar of earth and water
(d) An elephant

5. How old is the boy in the story of the wolf that the men like to hear again and again?
(a) 20-years-old
(b) 4-years-old
(c) 5-years-old
(d) 10-years-old

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the important Spartan religious festival that the ephors say cannot be a time of war?

2. What does the boy lead the stalking animal into that proves to be the demise of the animal?

3. Leonidas muses that his distant rival, ___________, has already refused the Persian envoy's demands, so he does too.

4. The young boy in the story leaves ______________ in order to travel to the wilderness to prove himself.

5. Who is the character who spins the stories for the men as they are at their camps?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does King Leonidas order Stelios to do with the captain that has been beaten senselessly?

2. What is the object of the march of the soldiers in the beginning of this manuscript?

3. What do the soldiers in the beginning of the novel wear as they match to battle?

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

5. What do the other Greek commanders do when they join up with Leonidas and his soldiers?

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

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

8. What kind of instrument is being played by a man at the beginning of the troops?

9. What does the Persian envoy tell Leonidas to send to the Persian king as a sign of subjugation?

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

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