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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4 - Combat.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who allows Ephialtes to speak with him in private about his wishes to be a part of the Spartan army?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Daxos
(c) Stelios
(d) Dilios

2. How many years have passed since the story of the boy and the animal has taken place?
(a) 30
(b) 40
(c) 20
(d) 5

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

4. What do the Greeks exult over when they look out to the sea as they wait for battle?
(a) Clear sky
(b) Persian corpses
(c) Darkness falling
(d) Blood on the ground

5. Who does the Persian ambassador attempt to lash as he becomes more and more frustrated?
(a) Leonidas
(b) Stelios
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Dilios

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leonidas order the Spartans to use as their formation when he begins to realize the power of the animals?

2. What does the boy return to Sparta wrapped in so as to show his victory?

3. What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks?

4. Where were the forces of Daxos hiding from the Persian army?

5. What do the men think of the answer to #106? What do the soldiers believe is happening?

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