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

2. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?
(a) Macedon
(b) Kurdistan
(c) Thrace
(d) Kosovo

3. What event precipitates the beginning of the war?
(a) The beheading of Athenian envoys to Sparta
(b) The actual advent of hostilities comes about through a Theban surprise attack against Plataea.
(c) Word that Thrace had invaded Corinth.
(d) An attempted sea attack agains Athens from Sparta

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

5. How is the Delian League founded?
(a) By the military force of Athens at the time.
(b) By a convention of city-states seeking protection from Persia.
(c) Through a series of political treaties binding most Greek cities-states to Athens.
(d) By the wide spread acceptance of Plato's Republic.