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WorksheetsXerxes 1
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
When did Xerxes come to power?
484
486
490
494
Two failures for Darius which should have warned Xerxes (at least according to Herodotus)?
Thrace (512) and Marathon (490)
Scythia (513) and Lade (494)
Scythia (513) and Salamis (490)
Scythia (513) and Marathon (490)
Who wrote the play "Persians" (produced in Athens 472 B.C.)?
Aristophanes
Euripides
Sophocles
Aeschylus
What precedes nemesis (vengeance) in the pattern and means "arrogance + abuse of power"?
humidity
hubble
hullabaloo
hubris
Who was Demaratus?
Athenian ruler who had been exiled
Commander of the King's Eye (bodyguard)
chief eunuch
exiled Spartan king
According to Herodotus, who argues IN FAVOUR of attacking Greece?
Mardonius
Demaratus
Artaphernes
Artabanus
Great Uncle Bulgaria
How long did Xerxes' preparations for his great expedition take?
4 years
1 year
6 months
6 years
Over which waterway did Xerxes build bridges of boats?
Windward Passage
Strait of Malacca
Hellespont
Panama Canal
Yucatan Strait
Where did the Persian army spend the winter of 481 B.C.?
Sardis
Hellespontine Phrygia
Ephesus
Clazomenae
Lampasacus
Realistic numbers for the Persian army?
1 million
about 300,000
60,000 to 80,000
100,000-120,000
