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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. Who do the Spartans encounter on their way out of the Persian camp?
(a) They run into another group of Egyptian marines.
(b) They are seen by General Mardonius.
(c) They come across Persian soldiers rising for the morning.
(d) They do not encounter anyone on their flight from the Persian camp.

2. Who comes for Rooster after he turns down the offer of mothax?
(a) The royal guard came for him.
(b) Polynikes and four assassins of the krypteia came for him.
(c) No one comes for him.
(d) Twenty Peers come for him.

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

4. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians?
(a) Fly to the corners of the earth.
(b) Only with the Spartans may you defeat the enemy.
(c) The wooden wall alone shall not fail you.
(d) The enemy will overrun and destroy you.

5. What is the standing order of Dienekes while on campaign?
(a) Dienekes is to be awakened with the dawn.
(b) Dienekes is to be awakened two hours before sunrise.
(c) Dienekes is to be allowed to sleep until he wakes on his own.
(d) Dienekes is to be awakened about mid-day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Phokians miss the meeting?

2. How many Persians are in the advance force that takes Athens?

3. For what valor in battle is Rooster offered new status as mothax?

4. What happens to the raiding party?

5. What is the original total number of troops that would leave for Thermopylae?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kinds of items do the Spartan soldiers carry with them?

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

4. How is Rooster spared and why?

5. What does Arete offer Xeones? What is Xeones' response?

6. What happens when Rooster returns to the Greeks on the second day of battle?

7. Why does Xerxes not want to face the Spartans in Sparta?

8. What causes Xerxes to decide to stay in Greece and complete his campaign?

9. Why do the Spartans decide to send only 300 men?

10. Describe the Medes who first entered battle with the Greeks.

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