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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. What is mothax?

2. When does Xeones see Xerxes face-to-face before he is summoned?

3. Why do the Lokrians not make the meeting?

4. Why does Leonidas include inexperienced soldiers in the three hundred?

5. Why does Leonidas keep the three hundred from getting new cloaks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Xerxes trust Xeones?

3. Describe what the Persians do to the body of the Spartan king, Leonidas.

4. What disturbs Xerxes, the Persian king?

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

6. Why does Xerxes not want to face the Spartans in Sparta?

7. Why does Arete claim the child of Rooster is really the child of her husband Dienekes? What unforeseen effect does this have?

8. What happens when Leonidas frees the helots on the last day of battle?

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

10. What factors push the Spartans into a decisive battle with the Persians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Spartan culture, the citizen soldiers of Sparta acted as mentors to the sons of the others. List at least three effects of this practice, and explain them.

Essay Topic 2

For the first day of the battle, the Greeks are able to fend off several attacks that, simply by the number of soldiers, should have crushed them. All the way to the bitter end, the Greeks are able to inflict great damage on the army of Persia. Describe the strategies used by the Greeks, from the first crossing of arms to the last.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, Xeones describes several things that are common to ancient warfare, such as smoke and fire, rape, and the mutilation of the enemy dead. What other factors are common to ancient warfare? Why do these things occur in ancient times? Do they still happen today? Why or why not?

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