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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. Ephialtes reveals that his father taught him to fight like a _____________.
(a) Spartan
(b) Monster
(c) Persian
(d) God

2. Where are the babies left to die when they are seen to have troubles, like those in the answer to #89?
(a) Fields
(b) Fires
(c) Sea
(d) Boats

3. The Spartans are stacking up a large __________ of Persians even before the main battle begins.
(a) Body count
(b) Prison camp
(c) Wave
(d) Group

4. Who responds by hurting the Persian ambassador for trying to lash one of the army members?
(a) Stelios
(b) Dilios
(c) Leonidas
(d) Daxos

5. The others in the army view Ephialtes' appearance with _________________ as he hulks over to see them.
(a) Suspicion
(b) Gratitude
(c) Fear
(d) Humor

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ephialtes not able to raise to the proper height, as seen in his demonstration of his fighting ability?

2. Where are most of the Persian fighters forced to go when they are faced with the new Greek formation?

3. What Greek formation requires that the soldiers hold their bodies in a certain formation?

4. What does Leonidas recognize the tremors in the earth to be?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Leonidas see as a major flaw in King Xerxes?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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