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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. Xerxes orders his personal bodyguard, _______________, into combat.
(a) The elephants
(b) The Jewels
(c) The Immortals
(d) The Skulls

2. Who refused to abandon Ephialtes' mother, which also helped to save him?
(a) Father
(b) Grandmother
(c) Brother
(d) Sister

3. What does Ephialtes reveal to Leonidas as a way to circumvent the Hot Gates?
(a) Gunpowder
(b) Tunnel
(c) Goat path
(d) Hidden wooden opening

4. What do the Persians fire at the Spartans in hopes of breaking them down?
(a) Fireballs
(b) Pieces of wood
(c) Rocks
(d) Arrows

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The others in the army view Ephialtes' appearance with _________________ as he hulks over to see them.

3. What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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