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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. Which force has been in hiding and is sprung as the second trap against the Persian special army?
(a) Roman
(b) Athenian
(c) Anatolian
(d) Arcadian

2. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?
(a) Lightning streaks across the sky
(b) They all fall down
(c) The thunder rumbles
(d) The ground shakes

3. What does the second wave of the Persians come to the Spartans on?
(a) Elephants
(b) Camels
(c) Horses
(d) Wagons

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

5. Who takes the foremost point of the triangle in the new formation the Spartans take against the Persians?
(a) Stelios
(b) Ephialtes
(c) Daxos
(d) Leonidas

Short Answer Questions

1. Who refused to abandon Ephialtes' mother, which also helped to save him?

2. What do the Persian army men wear on their heads as a part of their military uniforms?

3. Who is watching from a distance and is becoming nervous that the Spartans might actually win?

4. The others in the army view Ephialtes' appearance with _________________ as he hulks over to see them.

5. In the end of the battle between the Immortals and the Spartans, who ends up with their army entirely dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has happened to the missing Persian scouting group?

2. What tale does Dilios tell as the Persian Ambassador visits the Spartan camp?

3. Why doesn't Leonidas accept Ephialtes as a soldier in the Spartan army when he asks to be a part of the march?

4. What is shown in the graphics to represent the harsh training the soldiers undergo at camp?

5. What is the hoplite phalanx formation that the Spartans use and what happens when it is used in battle?

6. What do the Spartans do with the Persian corpses from their battle in order to intimidate others, it seems?

7. What does the Persian Ambassador do, even after his significant injury?

8. What is the advantage of fighting at the Hot Gates for the Spartans or for any army that uses this location?

9. What does King Xerxes offer to Leonidas when he comes into the camp the evening after battle?

10. What ensures no man in the Spartan army will falter or flee, according to the story?

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