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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. Who refused to give up Ephialtes, which led to his being saved from death?
(a) Uncle
(b) Father
(c) Sister
(d) Mother

2. The Hot Gates are a part of a massive cliff ______________ that blocks the path for many miles.
(a) Building
(b) Wall
(c) Mountain
(d) Edge

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

4. Who is watching from a distance and is becoming nervous that the Spartans might actually win?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Oracle
(c) Xerxes
(d) Ephialtes

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first formation the Greeks fall into when the Persians eventually attack?

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

3. Dilios spins a tale of Spartan ____________ as the Persian visitor begins to speak to the camp.

4. Leonidas quickly dispatches the ___________ to guard the secret path that Ephialtes reveals to him.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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