1. Why is Athens in a superior position at the start of the war?
(a) Because the Athenian army is better trained and more rugged.
(b) Because Athens is built on an unassailable mountaintop.
(c) Because Athens has the largest army in the world at that time.
(d) Because her her allies are more numerous, richer, and better positioned to prosecute hostilities against the largely agrarian Spartans.

2. How do scholars generally explain the contradictions in Thucydides' text?
(a) Much of the manuscript is lost and Thucydides forgets what he has said earlier.
(b) Correctly analyzed, what appears to be contradictions are actually not.
(c) Thucydides seems to have a great deal of trouble making up his mind.
(d) Over time. he revises his opinions and understanding but does not always update all relevant textual passages.

3. Why does Thucydides suddenly include more information on Peloponnesian events?
(a) Thucydides' exile somehow gains him greater access to Peloponnesian sources.
(b) He goes to Pylos and stays there for a long time.
(c) He finds a Peloponnesian collabarator.
(d) He is able to travel to Sparta under the protection of an envoy.

4. Who prevents the Athenian army from marching out to meet the Spartans?
(a) Thucydides
(b) Socrates
(c) Androclese
(d) Pericles

5. What advantage does Athens have while Sparta occupies Attica?
(a) Sparta cannot get its troops across the rugged terrain.
(b) They are able to go around the Spartan forces and snipe at the rear flanks.
(c) Athens has the resources to buy off the Spartan forces.
(d) They are able to withstand a long seige.