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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. The Persian visitor offers to make Leonidas the _________________ of all Greece.
(a) King
(b) Dictator
(c) Owner
(d) Absolute warlord

2. The overlapping shields of the Spartan soldiers create a solid wall of ___________.
(a) Copper
(b) Bronze
(c) Gold
(d) Silver

3. What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks?
(a) Slippery corpses
(b) Their phalanx
(c) A Trojan Horse
(d) Supplies

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

5. Where are most of the Persian fighters forced to go when they are faced with the new Greek formation?
(a) Into each other
(b) Sea
(c) Field
(d) Into the Greek spears

Short Answer Questions

1. Leonidas declines the offer from Persia, realizing his last stand efforts will make him eternally ____________.

2. The Hot Gates themselves are a narrow ______________ gap at the base of a wall.

3. Who refused to give up Ephialtes, which led to his being saved from death?

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

5. What do the Spartans pile into a slippery and unstable wall at the end of their victory over the second wave of Persians?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ephialtes hope to gain from fighting with the Spartan army as one of the soldiers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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