1. Why does Leonidas keep the three hundred from getting new cloaks?
(a) He feels that there is no time for the ceremony, and that he and his men must leave immediately.
(b) He wants to wait until after the battle so the new cloaks won't get torn and bloody.
(c) He feels that it would be a waste of the city's resources to replace the cloaks of men who will not get to use them long.
(d) He wants to wait until after the battle so he will not get cloaks for those who won't survive.

2. By what other name is Sparta called?
(a) Sparta is also called The Hot Gates.
(b) Sparta is also called Thermopylae.
(c) Sparta is also called Lakedaemon.
(d) Sparta is also called Mount Oracle.

3. What does the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi tell the Athenians?
(a) The enemy will overrun and destroy you.
(b) The wooden wall alone shall not fail you.
(c) Fly to the corners of the earth.
(d) Only with the Spartans may you defeat the enemy.

4. Where does the Spartan king march and fight, relative to the rest of his army?
(a) The king commands from the back of the army where it is safer.
(b) The king does not go with his army, but sends a general in his stead.
(c) The king remains at the front of the lines, where he can be a part of the action at all times.
(d) The king usually stays at the center of his army, so that his men surround him at all times.

5. According to Leonidas, how many men could the Persians mass behind the battle wall?
(a) They could mass as many men as they care to.
(b) The wall completely blocks off the pass.
(c) They could only mass twenty or thirty men.
(d) They could mass one thousand men at most.