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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 vouches for Xeones that he did not overhear details of the raid from the surgeons?

2. In Chapter 29, what does Xeones say is the only thing a man really wants?

3. Who makes up the only father-son pair in the three hundred?

4. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?

5. Who are the non-Spartan members of the raiding party?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disturbs Xerxes, the Persian king?

2. How is the 300 man force composed?

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

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

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

6. How is Rooster spared and why?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The preferred style of combat for the Spartans is the heavy infantry phalanx. Answer the following questions about the Spartan phalanx:

1. Describe the structure of the phalanx.

2. What role does discipline play in the successful phalanx?

3. What role does cohesive teamwork play in the successful phalanx?

4. What strengths and weaknesses does the phalanx have?

Essay Topic 2

Arete offers Xeones some money and the chance to flee Sparta before the army marches off to war. Why does she do this? What causes Xeones to refuse to fleet Sparta when Arete offers him the chance to escape? What causes him to remain with the Spartans in battle, even after he is ordered by Dienekes to leave and save himself? Describe what kind of man you feel Xeones is.

Essay Topic 3

1. In ancient Sparta, as well as today, soldiers are trained by simulating real battle conditions. During these training exercises, soldiers can undergo severe physical and mental stress, and can actually die from the training, or in training accidents. What other disadvantages might there be to of such training methods? What are the benefits?

2. How are the training methods of the ancient Spartans like the methods used my most of the world today? How are they different?

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