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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. When the dog chases the rabbit between the two armies and then kills it, what do the Greeks think it means?
(a) They take it as a sign that they will be victorious.
(b) They find it amusing and take it as good entertainment.
(c) They take it as a sign that the Persians will overpower them.
(d) They think that the dog crushing the rabbit in its jaws signifies the empire of Persia crushing Greece.

2. How many Persians are in the advance force that takes Athens?
(a) There are twenty thousand.
(b) There are fifty thousand men.
(c) There are only three hundred.
(d) There are several thousand.

3. Who makes up the only father-son pair in the three hundred?
(a) Dienekes and Rooster are the only father-son pair.
(b) Medan and Xeones are the only father-son pair.
(c) Olympieus and Alexandros are the only father-son pair.
(d) Leonidas and Karneius are the only father-son pair.

4. What happens to the raiding party?
(a) They fight to the death.
(b) They are captured.
(c) Alexandros' hand is cut off, and a few others are killed, so Dienekes calls the retreat.
(d) They fight against terrible odds, but manage to kill Xerxes before being killed to a man.

5. What is Olympieus doing when he is killed by an arrow?
(a) He is sleeping.
(b) He is sharpening his sword blade.
(c) He is fighting on the field of battle.
(d) He is writing in his journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Leonidas appear to Xerxes in his dream?

2. Who throws an axe at Xeones and cuts Alexandros' wrist during the tent raid?

3. What message does Leonidas leave for Greeks who are conscripted into service to the Persians?

4. Who do the Spartans encounter on their way out of the Persian camp?

5. What is Xeones' proof that he was there, and not that he simply heard of it?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the 300 man force composed?

2. What disturbs Xerxes, the Persian king?

3. Explain what the author means when he calls the 300 an all-sire unit.

4. What causes Xerxes to decide to stay in Greece and complete his campaign?

5. Describe the first day of battle.

6. Describe the plan to assault Xerxes in his own tent.

7. Why do the Spartans want to kill Rooster and his infant son?

8. What main advantage do the Spartans have over the Persians?

9. Why do the Persian soldiers not hinder the Greeks in their escape?

10. What kind of force arrives at Thermopylae to meet the Persians?

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