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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. Knowing that everyone will die the next day, what does Leonidas tell his men?

2. Who throws an axe at Xeones and cuts Alexandros' wrist during the tent raid?

3. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?

4. What drives Polynikes according to Dienekes?

5. How is Rooster related to Dienekes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is Rooster spared and why?

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

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

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

7. How is the 300 man force composed?

8. Explain what the author means when he calls the 300 an all-sire unit.

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

10. Describe the fight between Medes and Greeks.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Xeones denounces Xerxes as a poor king. Why does Xoenes feel that Xerxes is a poor king? How does Xeones describe a good king? In your own words, describe Xerxes as a king, and tell whether you think he is a good king or not, and why.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

After the battle at Thermopylae, The Persians capture the body of King Leonidas, and mutilate it. Describe what they do to his body. For what reasons might the Persians commit this act of disrespect and defilement on the body of the Spartan king? What about this bothers Xerxes? How does it affect Xerxes' decision making and performance?

Describe the dreams that Xerxes has after Leonidas' body is mutilated. Why is he so plagued by these nightmares? Is he afraid? Explain your answers.

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