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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. If the krypteia have their way, how is Rooster to be punished for rejecting the offer?

2. How many children does Alexandros father by the age of twenty?

3. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians to do about the Persian invasion?

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

5. Who appears to Diomache in a dream after she aborted her pregnancy and was ill?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the fight between Medes and Greeks.

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

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

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

7. Why does Arete claim the child of Rooster is really the child of her husband Dienekes? What unforeseen effect does this have?

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

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

10. How is the 300 man force composed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the book, several examples of the differences between Leonidas and Xerxes are given. In what ways are the two kings different? In what ways are they the same? In your opinion, who is the better king? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

For the first day of the battle, the Greeks are able to fend off several attacks that, simply by the number of soldiers, should have crushed them. All the way to the bitter end, the Greeks are able to inflict great damage on the army of Persia. Describe the strategies used by the Greeks, from the first crossing of arms to the last.

Essay Topic 3

What causes Leonidas to offer freedom to the helots, and allow anyone who does not want to stand and die the opportunity to leave? Why do he and his men remain to fight the Persians, knowing that they will die? What are some reasons that so many of them leave? Does leaving the field of battle, knowing that they can not win and will die, make all of the men who leave cowards? Explain your answer.

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