1. What Athenian general becomes successful in 425 BC?
(a) Demosthenes leads Athenian troops and allies to victory over a combined Peloponnesian and Ambraciot army
(b) Alcibiades leads many successful raids into the Peloponesian isthmus.
(c) Sophocles defeates the Spartans in Attica.
(d) Androclese uses lions to put fear in the Spartan soldiers.

2. Why is the Theban attack able to precipitate the war?
(a) It threatenes to weaken the Spartan strength and made immediate war necessary.
(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) False information has Thebes invading Athens.

3. How are Spartan envoys able to get through the Athenian blockade of Mytilene?
(a) In those days, envoys are always given safe passage.
(b) They go around and come in on the back side of Lesbos.
(c) They disguise themselves as merchant ships.
(d) They infiltrate the Athenians and get into the city.

4. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?
(a) It is something to be glorified.
(b) It is tempered on both sides by benevolence.
(c) It is dehumanizing.
(d) It is misrepresented on both sides.

5. Why is Book One considered difficult to read?
(a) It has many obscure references that cannot be corroberated.
(b) It is organized along thematic lines rather than being chronological.
(c) Book One assumes that the reader will know information not available to modern readers.
(d) There is some evidence that someone other than Thucydides wrote this section.