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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - Honor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the year in the only dates frame in this first chapter?
(a) 460 BC
(b) 420 BC
(c) 480 BC
(d) 500 BC

2. Which soldier succumbs to the heat, growing dizzy and stumbling around?
(a) Stelios
(b) Leonidas
(c) Xerxes
(d) Ephialtes

3. What arrived in Sparta that caused the King to make a decision which led to the battle they are marching to?
(a) His Queen
(b) A note from China
(c) A severed head
(d) Persian envoy

4. Who orders the captain to stop the beating of the man who ended up falling down from the heat?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Dilios
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Stelios

5. The men who are marching are armed with short _______ and heavy spears.
(a) Shields
(b) Chain mail
(c) Bows
(d) Swords

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the boy of the story with the animal eventually become for the city of Sparta?

2. What are the loin straps made out of in the soldiers' uniforms as they march?

3. The messenger asked that Leonidas send a ________ of earth and a jar of water to the King of Persia.

4. What kind of animal is the boy stalked by as he is sitting in the wilderness?

5. The object of the march of the men is glory and _________ as they march to meet their enemies.

(see the answer key)

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