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

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

3. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians to do about the Persian invasion?
(a) The Oracle tells them to stand and fight for their freedom.
(b) The Oracle tells them to fly to the ends of the earth.
(c) The Oracle tells them to remain neutral.
(d) The Oracle tells them to bargain with Persia.

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

5. Why does Leonidas keep the three hundred from getting new cloaks?
(a) 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.
(b) He feels that there is no time for the ceremony, and that he and his men must leave immediately.
(c) He wants to wait until after the battle so the new cloaks won't get torn and bloody.
(d) He wants to wait until after the battle so he will not get cloaks for those who won't survive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leonidas appear to Xerxes in his dream?

2. What is Olympieus doing when he is killed by an arrow?

3. What does the Oracle tell the Spartans?

4. What oath does Alexandros swear the night of Rooster's trial?

5. Why does Artemisia tell Xerxes that he cannot leave the field of battle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the fight between Medes and Greeks.

4. Describe the plan to assault Xerxes in his own tent.

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

6. Describe what the Persians do to the body of the Spartan king, Leonidas.

7. What disturbs Xerxes, the Persian king?

8. Why do the Spartans want to kill Rooster and his infant son?

9. How is Rooster spared and why?

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

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