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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. For what valor in battle is Rooster offered new status as mothax?

2. What nation is the second to assault the Greeks?

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

4. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians to do about the Persian invasion?

5. When king Leonidas gives his speech on the night of the arrival of the Persian force, to whom is he speaking?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where has Xeones seen Xerxes before he is brought into his tent?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What disturbs Xerxes, the Persian king?

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

10. How is Rooster spared and why?

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

During the battle at Thermopylae, several soldiers are caught trying to desert. Answer the following questions:

1. What reasons do the men give for desertion?

2. What reasons does Leonidas give for allowing the men to flee?

3. Why do some of the men beg to be allowed to return to duty after the speech that Leonidas gives?

4. How do the other men feel about those who desert? What do the other men want to do about it?

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