1. Paragraphs 89 through118 are referred to as the Pentecontaetia and deal with what aspect of the history?
(a) In this segment, Thucydides examines a period of roughly fifty years leading up to the formal outbreak of hostilities.
(b) The segment is used to give the five majoy reasons that tensions were running high.
(c) This segment deals with the five geographical areas of the major powers involved.
(d) In this segment, Thucydides ennumerates the five main generals who led the wars.

2. What is the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) To show the importance of Corinth in the Peloponnesian War.
(b) To establish the credentials of Thucydides as a historian.
(c) To establish background and attempt to examine the causes of the war.
(d) To discuss the daily life of people in Sparta and Athens.

3. Why is Alcibiades not brought to trial immediately after the vandalism for which he is blamed?
(a) The fleet leaves and he goes with it.
(b) The statute of limitations runs out.
(c) Many people do not believe he has anything to do with it.
(d) The government is slow to collect evidence.

4. In 422 BC, what is the financial condition of Athens?
(a) The treasury has been largely expended and private subscriptions and extra taxes have been utilized for military expansion.
(b) The Athenian treasury is being supplied only from conquered territories.
(c) Athenian wealth has grown far beyond what the Spartans had.
(d) Athens is bankrupt and has to forego paying its soldiers.

5. From Thucydides' analysis, who of the Mytilene population actually wants to break away from the Delian League?
(a) The upper classes
(b) The would-be generals
(c) The commoners of Lesbos
(d) The shipbuilders