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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. Before the armies match to Hot Gates, where do they have to pass in their march?

2. How long ago was the meeting with the ephors and the oracle?

3. The men who are marching are armed with short _______ and heavy spears.

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

5. How many soldiers are thought to be in the area when the final Greek attachments join Leonidas and Daxos?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Leonidas think about the ephors and their ruling about whether the Spartans can fight?

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

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

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

5. Describe the area in which the ephors live during this second chapter of the book.

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

7. Why does Leonidas believe he brought more soldiers than anyone, even though Daxos' group is larger?

8. Why do the ephors object to the plans of Leonidas when he comes to visit them?

9. What is the object of the march of the soldiers in the beginning of this manuscript?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Though Leonidas and his army die at the hands of the Persians, all does not seem to be lost.

Part 1: Why does Leonidas go into a battle he knows he will lose?

Part 2: Why doesn't Leonidas' army desert him and run away from the Persian army?

Part 3: Why is the defeat of Leonidas such an inspiring story?

Essay Topic 3

The physical training Leonidas asks of his soldiers is intense, but necessary in order to fight well on the battlefield.

Part 1: Why do you think Leonidas values this intense training?

Part 2: Why haven't the soldiers been put into this intense training until just before the battle?

Part 3: If the soldiers Leonidas picked were already professional soldiers, why do they need more training?

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