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

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

3. What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks?
(a) Supplies
(b) Their phalanx
(c) Slippery corpses
(d) A Trojan Horse

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

5. Who does the Persian ambassador attempt to lash as he becomes more and more frustrated?
(a) Dilios
(b) Leonidas
(c) Stelios
(d) Ephialtes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ephialtes reveal to Leonidas as a way to circumvent the Hot Gates?

2. Who are standing on the backs of the soldiers as they do the intense push-ups?

3. Spartan soldiers swim and dive from a massive wall made of ____________ and Persian corpses.

4. The Persian visitor offers to make Leonidas the _________________ of all Greece.

5. What is the Persian visitor traveling on as they enter into the Greek camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Ephialtes taken from his father and brought with him as he sought the Spartan forces?

2. Describe the appearance of the Hot Gates where the Spartans are fighting.

3. Where do the Spartan defensive tactics center (location-wise) in the beginning of this chapter?

4. What formation does Leonidas command once he realizes the camels might prove problematic in battle?

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

6. What is the Persian Ambassador worried about when he approaches camp?

7. What happens when the Persian Ambassador decides to lash Dilios?

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

9. What does Leonidas do in order to restore the honor of Stelios before the other men?

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

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