1. How successful is Sparta's land and sea attack on Pylos?
(a) It is better on land than at sea.
(b) They destroy the Athenian stronghold.
(c) It comes to a complete stalemate.
(d) Demosthenes is able to hold them off.

2. Stylistically speaking, what is the quality of Thucydides' text?
(a) It is uneven and often misleading.
(b) Its simplicity of style makes it simple for even non-scholars to study.
(c) It is complex and extraordinarily dense which often leads to difficulty with clear interpretation of issues.
(d) It is archaic and fails to deliver what Thucydides had hoped for.

3. In the same year as the Plataea defeat, what is happening in Corcyra?
(a) They hold new elections.
(b) There is a revolt.
(c) The economy is growing from sales of weapons.
(d) They are disbanding their army.

4. What makes it plausible that Thucydides begins his history from first-hand knowledge?
(a) He is a wealthy Athenian and general in the early days of the war.
(b) He is associated with the highest levels of diplomacy in the early days.
(c) He is a financier who has connections in high places.
(d) His father is Athenian and his mother is from Sparta.

5. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?
(a) All the land becomes public property administered by the state.
(b) The land is redistributed among the citizens of the conquered country.
(c) The conquered people are allowed to keep their land.
(d) Land is confiscated and given to citizens of the conquering nation.