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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many men make up the party that attacks Xerxes' tent?

2. How do the Persian forces surround the Greeks?

3. What happens to the raiding party?

4. Why does Medon take the baby after the Peers all go home?

5. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kinds of items do the Spartan soldiers carry with them?

3. How is Rooster spared and why?

4. Describe the Medes who first entered battle with the Greeks.

5. What occurs at Thermopylae during the wait for the Persians?

6. How is the 300 man force composed?

7. What does Arete offer Xeones? What is Xeones' response?

8. What happens when Rooster returns to the Greeks on the second day of battle?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do the women play in ancient Sparta? What rights and restrictions do they have? Compare and contrast the role of women in ancient Spartan culture to other warrior societies. Compare the role of women in ancient Sparta to the role of women in the modern world.

Essay Topic 2

1. In ancient Sparta, as well as today, soldiers are trained by simulating real battle conditions. During these training exercises, soldiers can undergo severe physical and mental stress, and can actually die from the training, or in training accidents. What other disadvantages might there be to of such training methods? What are the benefits?

2. How are the training methods of the ancient Spartans like the methods used my most of the world today? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

When the Persians arrive at the Hot Gates, they take about two days to attack. What are they doing during that time? Why does it take so long?

Describe the stress and anxiety that might build up for the Greeks over the course of a couple of days of waiting for an attack from a force that greatly outnumbers them. Is it important to distract the soldiers from this stress? Why or why not?

How does Leonidas have his men deal with it? What ways of dealing with the stress do some of the men find for themselves? How would you suggest dealing with pre-battle stress, and why?

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