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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can Xeones see toward the middle gate?
(a) He sees the sheer cliffs of the pass.
(b) He sees the Persians.
(c) He sees a large fox.
(d) He sees the bath houses.

2. Why does Leonidas include inexperienced soldiers in the three hundred?
(a) He runs out of heroes, and is forced to include young men who have little or no fighting experience.
(b) All of his experienced fighters are old, and he wants some young muscle to help carry the workload.
(c) He believes that the chain is made stronger by including unproven links mixed in with the more experienced.
(d) He hand selects each soldier, knowing that all of them will die, because he needs men that are expendable.

3. After some of the helots and Thespians leave, about how many are left in the Greek forces?
(a) There are about sixty men left.
(b) There are about one thousand men left.
(c) There are about five hundred men left.
(d) There are about one hundred men left.

4. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?
(a) The Armenians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(b) The Sacae are the second group sent by the Persians.
(c) The Egyptians are the second group sent by the Persians.
(d) The Medes are the second group sent by the Persians.

5. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?
(a) He has twin sons.
(b) He has a son and a daughter who are twins.
(c) He has twin sons and then a daughter.
(d) He has three daughters.

6. What happens to the raiding party?
(a) They fight against terrible odds, but manage to kill Xerxes before being killed to a man.
(b) Alexandros' hand is cut off, and a few others are killed, so Dienekes calls the retreat.
(c) They fight to the death.
(d) They are captured.

7. How many Persians are in the advance force that takes Athens?
(a) There are fifty thousand men.
(b) There are twenty thousand.
(c) There are several thousand.
(d) There are only three hundred.

8. What does Lady Arete's letter to Diomache say?
(a) The letter says that Xeones is free from his service and may marry Diomache.
(b) The letter says that Xeones' death will be honored.
(c) The letter is a personal letter between old friends.
(d) The letter is to free Diomache from her service at the temple.

9. What message does Leonidas leave for Greeks who are conscripted into service to the Persians?
(a) If under compulsion you must fight us your brothers, fight badly.
(b) You are traitors. May the gods curse you all.
(c) It is better to die free than live a slave.
(d) You have no choice. You are forgiven.

10. Why does Leonidas keep the three hundred from getting new cloaks?
(a) He wants to wait until after the battle so the new cloaks won't get torn and bloody.
(b) He feels that there is no time for the ceremony, and that he and his men must leave immediately.
(c) He feels that it would be a waste of the city's resources to replace the cloaks of men who will not get to use them long.
(d) He wants to wait until after the battle so he will not get cloaks for those who won't survive.

11. What is Olympieus doing when he is killed by an arrow?
(a) He is sharpening his sword blade.
(b) He is sleeping.
(c) He is writing in his journal.
(d) He is fighting on the field of battle.

12. What does Rooster suggest to Xeones and Alexandros?
(a) He tells them to fight with valor, and die a warrior's death.
(b) He tells them that they should desert and return home, because the Spartans would be overrun by the next day.
(c) He tells them that he knows of a way to get a dozen men to the tent of the Persian king.
(d) He tells them that they should abandon the army and join the Persians, just like him.

13. What do the Athenians call the high part of the city?
(a) They call it The Great Hill.
(b) They call it the royal compound.
(c) They call it The Mound.
(d) They call it the Acropolis.

14. Who does Xeones marry?
(a) He marries Diomache.
(b) He marries arete.
(c) He marries Thereia.
(d) He marries Agathe.

15. What is the last thing that Xerxes says to Xeones as Chapter 19 closes?
(a) "Please, my friend, continue your tale. Tell it as you wish, in whatever manner the god instructs you."
(b) "Why would you tell me such a thing, that I may know of your offense and kill you outright?"
(c) "You are either the bravest warrior or the biggest fool to ever walk the earth"
(d) "No one could have breached my tent and survived it, therefore you are lying. I suggest that you be totally honest with me in the future, Greek."

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Spartans decide to send only three hundred soldiers to Thermopylae?

2. What question does Dienekes tell Alexandros has haunted him his whole life?

3. Who authorizes the raid on Xerxes' tent?

4. Who comes for Rooster after he turns down the offer of mothax?

5. Where are the Persians as Chapter 18 opens?

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