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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrow trail is near a cliff which falls to the ___________ below.

2. Who takes the foremost point of the triangle in the new formation the Spartans take against the Persians?

3. Who refused to give up Ephialtes, which led to his being saved from death?

4. Ephialtes is still angered by Leonidas' absolute ________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why wasn't Ephialtes left to die of exposure in the fields in Sparta like other deformed children?

7. What does Ephialtes hope to gain from fighting with the Spartan army as one of the soldiers?

8. What is the initial reaction to the Persian Ambassador when he comes into camp?

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

10. Who is the Persian representative that come into camp as the Spartans begin to ready for a major battle?

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