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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many soldiers are rumored to be in the Persian army that Leonidas is planning on fighting?

2. What begins to turn into a violent storm the closer they move toward the Hot Gates?

3. The men at the beginning of this graphic novel are marching from where?

4. What caused the destruction of the items from the question #68?

5. Leonidas muses that his distant rival, ___________, has already refused the Persian envoy's demands, so he does too.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Daxos disappointed with Leonidas when he sees him marching toward his own group of troops?

2. Why does Dilios tell stories to the soldiers as they are preparing for battle?

3. What does Leonidas have to do prior to beginning a full scale military expedition, according to Spartan law?

4. What is one of the reasons why Leonidas refuses to send the sign of subjugation to the Persian king?

5. Where are the soldiers in the beginning of this novel marching to and from as they head into battle, it seems?

6. What do the Greeks exult over when they reach the Hot Gates during the violent storm?

7. Describe the weather conditions for the soldiers as they have marched during the beginning of this story.

8. What do the other Greek commanders do when they join up with Leonidas and his soldiers?

9. What is the path of the combined forces of Leonidas and the others who meet up with him?

10. What does the Persian envoy tell Leonidas to send to the Persian king as a sign of subjugation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The observance of a religious festival seems to be something Sparta is told to respect again and again, even on the battlefield.

Part 1: Why is the observance of Carneia so important?

Part 2: Why doesn't Leonidas want to follow the religious observance as dictated by the ephors and the oracle?

Part 3: Why might Leonidas be so determined to fight regardless of the religious observance?

Essay Topic 2

Ephialtes offers up his services in exchange for worldly things - women, land, wealth, etc.

Part 1: Why do you think Ephialtes decided to offer himself to the Persian side of the war?

Part 2: Why do you think the Persian king decided to take Ephialtes up on his offer?

Part 3: Who do you think was manipulating whom in the agreement between Ephialtes and the Persian king? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Leonidas goes through a sort of rite of passage by killing a huge wolf at the beginning of the timeline of this story.

Part 1: Describe the story of Leonidas and the wolf. What happens?

Part 2: What does the wolf symbolize in the story of Leonidas and the wolf?

Part 3: What might have happened had Leonidas never encountered the wolf as described in this story?

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