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

2. What is the year in the only dates frame in this first chapter?

3. What does the oracle insist must be observed as Leonidas goes to battle the Persians?

4. ____________ realizes the Greeks have no hope of surviving the battle before them.

5. What does the boy return to Sparta wrapped in so as to show his victory?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe the oracle that Leonidas next confers with after talking with the ephors.

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

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

8. What does the Queen instruct Leonidas to come back doing as he marches off without explaining where he is going?

9. What kind of instrument is being played by a man at the beginning of the troops?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The ephors are meant to help Spartans as they continue battle with other nations.

Part 1: Why doesn't Leonidas trust the advice of the ephors?

Part 2: Why would people turn to oracles and ephors for advice instead of following their own instincts?

Part 3: Would you be able to go to an oracle for advice? Why or why not? What might you ask if they could be trusted?

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