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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. What drives Polynikes according to Dienekes?

2. Why do the Lokrians not make the meeting?

3. What is the last thing that Xerxes says to Xeones as Chapter 19 closes?

4. What do the Athenians call the high part of the city?

5. Once the Spartans make their discovery, what do they do about it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What main advantage do the Spartans have over the Persians?

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

3. Why does Xerxes trust Xeones?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the first day of battle.

9. How is the 300 man force composed?

10. How is Rooster spared and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After seeing what losses he takes fighting the Spartans, Xerxes almost leaves Greece and abandons his campaign. How is he persuaded to remain? What emotion drives him to stay? Is Xerxes in control of his own emotions here? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What role do the women play in ancient Sparta? What rights and restrictions do they have? Compare and contrast the role of women in ancient Spartan culture to other warrior societies. Compare the role of women in ancient Sparta to the role of women in the modern world.

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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