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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 Hot Gates themselves are a narrow ______________ gap at the base of a wall.
(a) Inches wide
(b) Yards wide
(c) Tunnel
(d) Window

2. Who staggers into the Spartan camp, which surprises everyone who sees him?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Ephialtes
(c) Daxos
(d) Xerxes

3. Who does Leonidas call by his given name, thus restoring pride to him?
(a) Ephialtes
(b) Stelios
(c) Daxos
(d) Dilios

4. Who wishes to have an audience with Leonidas after the fighting during the day?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Perisan envoy
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Dilios

5. What is the Persian visitor worried about the disappearance of as he enters the camp?
(a) His wife
(b) Leonidas
(c) Earlier scouting unit
(d) Xerxes

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Persian visitor first enters the camp of the Greeks?

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

3. What kind of pushups are the soldiers in this chapter doing?

4. The iron clad ____________ of the Spartan army ensures no man will falter or flee.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the Spartan defensive tactics center (location-wise) in the beginning of this chapter?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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