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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leonidas believe his army can beat the Persians with an intelligent selection of ___________.
(a) Magic
(b) Men
(c) Terrain
(d) Weapons

2. What kind of animal is the boy stalked by as he is sitting in the wilderness?
(a) Tiger
(b) Coyote
(c) Lion
(d) Wolf

3. Where does Leonidas want to meet with the Persian army in an effort to beat them?
(a) Hot Gates
(b) Brimstone
(c) Goat pass
(d) Holy Houses

4. Leonidas muses that his distant rival, ___________, has already refused the Persian envoy's demands, so he does too.
(a) Hamburg
(b) Rome
(c) Athens
(d) Istanbul

5. What is the response of the ephors to the plans of Leonidas when he meets with them?
(a) They do not reply
(b) No
(c) Maybe
(d) Yes

6. Who is the man to which all the commanders of other armies give their power to?
(a) Dilios
(b) Daxos
(c) Leonidas
(d) Xerxes

7. What are the loin straps made out of in the soldiers' uniforms as they march?
(a) Canvas
(b) Leather
(c) Cotton
(d) Leaves

8. Leonidas has to talk to the ephors before a wide scale military expedition, according to _________ law.
(a) Greek
(b) Spartan
(c) Roman
(d) Military

9. Who leads the force of Arcadian Greeks that Leonidas encounters on his way to battle?
(a) Stelios
(b) Daxos
(c) Xerxes
(d) Ephialtes

10. What is the place where the boy leads the animal called?
(a) The end of time
(b) The Hell's Gate
(c) A narrow wound
(d) A concave settlement

11. What is the name of the Persian King who asks Leonidas for his surrender?
(a) Xerxes
(b) Envoy
(c) Ephialtes
(d) Truscius

12. The men in the army are being led by a man who is playing the __________.
(a) Drums
(b) Guitar
(c) Pipes
(d) Horn

13. What caused the destruction of the items from the question #68?
(a) Persian traitors
(b) Magic
(c) Violent storm
(d) Oracle

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

15. What is the important Spartan religious festival that the ephors say cannot be a time of war?
(a) Gretisuis
(b) Easter
(c) Saturnalia
(d) Carneia

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ realizes the Greeks have no hope of surviving the battle before them.

2. Where does Leonidas send the Persian envoy that is sent to collect the surrender?

3. Which soldier succumbs to the heat, growing dizzy and stumbling around?

4. What does the boy fashion as he is out on his quest?

5. The men are wearing heavy __________ helmets as they are marching to meet their enemy.

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