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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) Oracle is warning them
(b) Persians are coming
(c) Apocalypse
(d) Earthquake

2. In the end of the battle between the Immortals and the Spartans, who ends up with their army entirely dead?
(a) No one
(b) Both
(c) Immortals
(d) Spartans

3. Leonidas declines the offer from Persia, realizing his last stand efforts will make him eternally ____________.
(a) Powerful
(b) Fabled
(c) Revered
(d) Famous

4. Who is the misshapen and hunchbacked man who approaches the Spartans?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Dilians
(c) Oracle
(d) Ephialtes

5. What does Leonidas believe the Persian King thinks he is?
(a) Too weak
(b) Too beautiful
(c) God
(d) Flawless

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Persian ambassador continue to deliver, even as he is hurt badly?

3. What kind of armor do the Persian soldiers wear, rendering them vulnerable to attack?

4. What is the Persian visitor worried about the disappearance of as he enters the camp?

5. Who allows Ephialtes to speak with him in private about his wishes to be a part of the Spartan army?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What has happened to the missing Persian scouting group?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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