1. In Chapter 29, what does Xeones say is the only thing a man really wants?
(a) He says that all a man wants is to live.
(b) He says that all a man wants is wealth.
(c) He says that all a man wants is a good woman.
(d) He says that all a man wants is to die with honor.

2. Who appears to Diomache in a dream after she aborted her pregnancy and was ill?
(a) Ares appears to her.
(b) Zeus appears to her.
(c) Persephone appears to her.
(d) Apollo appears to her.

3. How does Arete convince the Peers to spare the child of Rooster?
(a) She and her husband swear that the child is his, and not Rooster's.
(b) She kidnaps the child and flees Sparta.
(c) She convinces them that whatever the father might have done, it is no fault of the child's.
(d) She pays bribes to them to allow the child to go.

4. What is oktonyktia?
(a) It is the armor and shield that each soldier must carry.
(b) It is the final right of passage from boyhood to adult status.
(c) It is an eight-night training exercise.
(d) It is the lake near Sparta.

5. Why do the Spartans decide to send only three hundred soldiers to Thermopylae?
(a) The Spartan senate refuses to send troops to Thermopylae, and the three hundred are the only volunteers.
(b) A larger force would not have room to fight, and would cause supply problems.
(c) The Spartans do not feel that the Persians are a real threat to them, so three hundred should more than suffice.
(d) The three hundred is only the advance force meant to hold off the Persians long enough for the main force to arrive.