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Steven Pressfield

This Study Guide consists of approximately 41 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Gates of Fire.

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Book 1: Xerxes, Chapter 1 - 4

Book 1: Xerxes, Chapter 5 - 7

Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 8 - 9

Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11

Book 3: Rooster, Chapter 12 - 14

Book 4: Arete, Chapter 15 - 17

Book 5: Polynikes, Chapter 18 - 19

Book 5: Polynikes, Chapter 20 - 23

Book 6: Dienekes, Chapter 24 - 29

Book 7: Leonidas, Chapter 30 - 34

Book 8: Thermopylae, Chapter 35 - 38

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What obstacle separates the two sides of the battleground? (from Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11)

A palisade bisects the field.

A low stone wall bisects the field.

A swift river runs through the center of the field.

A creek bisects the field.

2.

Why does Arete give Xeones coins? (from Book 5: Polynikes, Chapter 20 - 23)

She is paying him for his service to her husband.

She is bribing him to remain silent of what he saw when he caught her with Polynikes.

She gives him the money as a gift for his birthday.

She gives him the money to run away with and avoid death with the three hundred.

3.

Why do the Spartans use that method to count their dead? (from Book 2: Alexandros, Chapter 10 - 11)

It is done to confuse the enemy.

It helps to keep their minds occupied and off of the fact that only moments earlier they were slaughtering men like farmers reaping wheat.

It is an ancient tradition that has been passed down for generations.

It is the Spartan law that the dead be counted in such a way.

4.

When Xeones dies, what is done with his remains? (from Book 8: Thermopylae, Chapter 35 - 38)

Xerxes gives him a warrior's burial.

He is dragged outside of the camp and left to rot.

His remains are burned.

Orontes orders Xeones' remains be delivered to his cousin at the temple in Athens.

5.

Who is Paraleio? (from Book 3: Rooster, Chapter 12 - 14)

She is the cousin of Xeones.

She is a prostitute.

She is the mother of Alexandros.

She is the wife of Xerxes.

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