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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Medon take the baby after the Peers all go home?
(a) He is stealing the child so that he can kill him.
(b) He is taking the child to protect him from the others.
(c) He is inspecting the child to see if he will be allowed to live.
(d) He wants to have a look at the child.

2. How many children does Xeones father?
(a) He has two daughters.
(b) He has two sons.
(c) He only has one child, a son.
(d) He has a son and a daughter.

3. What does Leonidas say is the tell-all when battle comes?
(a) He says that devotion to the gods will tell all.
(b) He says that practice of arms will tell all.
(c) He says that physical strength will tell all.
(d) He says that courage will tell all.

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

5. What two groups fight the first encounter?
(a) The Spartans fight the Persians.
(b) The Thespians fight the Armenians.
(c) The Thespians fight the Medes.
(d) The Spartans fight the Egyptians.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Darius of Persia die?

3. Why does Arete give Xeones coins?

4. What does Dienekes order Xeones to do?

5. After some of the helots and Thespians leave, about how many are left in the Greek forces?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the Persian soldiers not hinder the Greeks in their escape?

2. Describe the fight between Medes and Greeks.

3. How is the 300 man force composed?

4. What factors push the Spartans into a decisive battle with the Persians?

5. What happens when the Greeks enter the tent of Xerxes that ultimately saves his life?

6. What occurs at Thermopylae during the wait for the Persians?

7. Describe the first day of battle.

8. Where has Xeones seen Xerxes before he is brought into his tent?

9. What happens when Leonidas frees the helots on the last day of battle?

10. Explain what the author means when he calls the 300 an all-sire unit.

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