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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Spartans pile into a slippery and unstable wall at the end of their victory over the second wave of Persians?
(a) Persian corpses
(b) Their helmets
(c) Their shields
(d) Persian camels

2. Who wishes to have an audience with Leonidas after the fighting during the day?
(a) Perisan envoy
(b) Dilios
(c) Xerxes
(d) Ephialtes

3. What does Leonidas believe the Persian King thinks he is?
(a) Too beautiful
(b) Flawless
(c) God
(d) Too weak

4. What kinds of shields do the Persian army carry, which are also not very effective against the Greeks?
(a) Cloth
(b) Wicker
(c) Straw
(d) Palm

5. What do the Spartans push at the fine army from Persian, causing them to break their ranks?
(a) Slippery corpses
(b) Their phalanx
(c) A Trojan Horse
(d) Supplies

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Persian visitor worried about the disappearance of as he enters the camp?

2. Who refused to give up Ephialtes, which led to his being saved from death?

3. Who are standing on the backs of the soldiers as they do the intense push-ups?

4. In the Greek formation in #101, what must interlock in order to provide cover to the soldiers?

5. What kind of pushups are the soldiers in this chapter doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ephialtes hope to gain from fighting with the Spartan army as one of the soldiers?

2. Who is the Persian representative that come into camp as the Spartans begin to ready for a major battle?

3. What has happened to the missing Persian scouting group?

4. What does King Xerxes offer to Leonidas when he comes into the camp the evening after battle?

5. What tale does Dilios tell as the Persian Ambassador visits the Spartan camp?

6. What ensures no man in the Spartan army will falter or flee, according to the story?

7. Describe the appearance of the Hot Gates where the Spartans are fighting.

8. What is the hoplite phalanx formation that the Spartans use and what happens when it is used in battle?

9. Why wasn't Ephialtes left to die of exposure in the fields in Sparta like other deformed children?

10. What is shown in the graphics to represent the harsh training the soldiers undergo at camp?

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