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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. Who does Xeones list off as some of the members of the tent raiding party?

2. When does Darius of Persia die?

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

4. What do the Spartans and their allies do when they see the Persians for the first time?

5. What does Dienekes order Xeones to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Rooster spared and why?

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

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

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

8. What kind of force arrives at Thermopylae to meet the Persians?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In ancient Greece, just like many other ancient civilizations, crimes were punished much more severely than they are now. Many crimes involving stealing would result in losing a hand, or having the hands crippled. Have students write an essay answering the following questions:

1. What are these kinds of punishments no longer in use? What caused them to be discontinued in the Western world?

2. Are these kinds of punishments still in use today? If they are, then where, and why?

3. Do you feel that capital and corporal punishment is appropriate punishment for most crimes? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the landscape of the Hot Gates, and the advantages that it provides the Spartans. Are there any advantages in the landscape for the Persians? Why do the Spartans choose this as the place for the battle?

Essay Topic 3

During the battle at Thermopylae, several soldiers are caught trying to desert. Answer the following questions:

1. What reasons do the men give for desertion?

2. What reasons does Leonidas give for allowing the men to flee?

3. Why do some of the men beg to be allowed to return to duty after the speech that Leonidas gives?

4. How do the other men feel about those who desert? What do the other men want to do about it?

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