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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. In the end of the battle between the Immortals and the Spartans, who ends up with their army entirely dead?

2. Who staggers into the Spartan camp, which surprises everyone who sees him?

3. What do the Persians fire at the Spartans in hopes of breaking them down?

4. As a result of his deformity, Ephialtes, Leonidas tells him he can not be a part of the ___________.

5. Where are the babies left to die when they are seen to have troubles, like those in the answer to #89?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the initial assault of the Persians is defeated, what do the Persians do next to the Spartans?

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

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

4. What is shown in the graphics to represent the harsh training the soldiers undergo at camp?

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

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

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

8. What has Ephialtes taken from his father and brought with him as he sought the Spartan forces?

9. What is the initial reaction to the Persian Ambassador when he comes into camp?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The ambassador from Persia tries to get the Spartans to surrender before the battle even begins, and loses an arm at the same time.

Part 1: What would be the value of surrendering for the Spartan army? How would the Persians benefit?

Part 2: Do you think the Persian army believes the Spartans had any possibility of surrendering? Why or why not?

Part 3: Do you think it would have been a better idea for the Spartans to have surrendered? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The question of whether Leonidas has another soldiers is one that comes up again and again.

Part 1: How many soldiers do you think will be enough for Leonidas to have? Why?

Part 2: Is it better to have more soldiers or higher quality soldiers in lesser numbers? Why?

Part 3: Why do you think Leonidas wanted to pick his own soldiers one by one?

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