1. Why is the Theban attack able to precipitate the war?
(a) False information has Thebes invading Athens.
(b) Athens and Sparta both embrace the Theban attack as the justification for, and opportunity toward, a greater conflict.
(c) There is a serious debate over which league would be allied to Thebes.
(d) It threatenes to weaken the Spartan strength and made immediate war necessary.

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

3. How is the book historically divided by modern scholars?
(a) Book One has historically been subdivided into two named segments although these do not exist as such in the text itself.
(b) Book One is usually looked at as a whole in keeping with Thucydides' method.
(c) Book One is divided in two seasons--winter and summer.
(d) Book One has historically been divided into four major parts with certain aspects emphasized.

4. What appears to be a mistake made by the Athenian forces under Pericles?
(a) Athens ignores the possible danger Corinth might become.
(b) Athens attempts an embargo against Sparta.
(c) Athens occupies Aegina and ejects the citizens who are subsequently resettled by Sparta in Thyrea.
(d) Athens attempts to fortify all of Attica.

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