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

2. What is the Persian visitor traveling on as they enter into the Greek camp?
(a) Oliphant
(b) Chariot
(c) Wagon
(d) Palanquin

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

4. Dilios spins a tale of Spartan ____________ as the Persian visitor begins to speak to the camp.
(a) Stubbornness
(b) Politeness
(c) Bloodthirst
(d) Bravery

5. What kinds of shields do the Persian army carry, which are also not very effective against the Greeks?
(a) Cloth
(b) Straw
(c) Wicker
(d) Palm

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ephialtes thought to have died from before?

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

3. Spartan infants who show any ____________ are generally left to die.

4. What happens when the army begins to leave in order to protect the secret path, as revealed by Ephialtes?

5. Who refused to abandon Ephialtes' mother, which also helped to save him?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the appearance of the Hot Gates where the Spartans are fighting.

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

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

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

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

7. What kinds of armor and weaponry do the Persians have during battle?

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

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

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