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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 does Rooster originally feel about Alexandros?

2. What can Xeones see toward the middle gate?

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

4. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?

5. What does Dienekes decide that the opposite of fear is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What disturbs Xerxes, the Persian king?

8. What happens when the Greeks enter the tent of Xerxes that ultimately saves his life?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

There exists between all soldiers of honor and bravery, a certain respect and admiration. What examples of this are given in the book? Compare these to examples of honor and/or bravery in other literary works. Answer the question, "What is the opposite of fear?"

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