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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 men think of the answer to #106? What do the soldiers believe is happening?
(a) Persians are coming
(b) Oracle is warning them
(c) Apocalypse
(d) Earthquake

2. Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him.
(a) Phocian
(b) Persian
(c) Roman
(d) Athenian

3. What does Leonidas see as a major flaw in the Persian king?
(a) Gluttony
(b) Cheating
(c) Pride
(d) Greed

4. Spartan soldiers swim and dive from a massive wall made of ____________ and Persian corpses.
(a) Supplies
(b) Shields
(c) Boulders
(d) Weapons

5. The pride of Xerxes causes him to want immediate ______________ from his personal bodyguard troops.
(a) Results
(b) Complicity
(c) Deaths
(d) Surrender

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?

2. What does the Spartan soldier do to the Persian ambassador in response to his actions?

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

4. The Spartans only need to defend a narrow strip of ______________ against the Persian attack when they are at the Hot Gates.

5. The overlapping shields of the Spartan soldiers create a solid wall of ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What kinds of armor and weaponry do the Persians have during battle?

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

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

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

9. After the initial assault of the Persians is defeated, what do the Persians do next to the Spartans?

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

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