1. What natural phenomenon affects the war at the same time as a failed peace envoy to Sparta?
(a) An earthquake brings down much of Athens' walls.
(b) Cyclones sweep across the eastern side of Greece.
(c) The plague appears in Lesbos, then Athens, and then Potidaea.
(d) A tsunami causes widespread destruction in the Peloponnesian isthmus.

2. How do the Athenians respond to the Mytilene rebellion?
(a) They negotiate a new treaty with Mytilene giving many consessions.
(b) They meet the Sparta army on Lesbos and fight to a stalemate.
(c) They put up a blockade against Lesbos and continue the hit and run attacks on Peloponnesia.
(d) They invade Lesbos and are driven back.

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

4. By the end of Book Two, how widespread is the war?
(a) Limited to the Peleponnesian isthmus
(b) Up to the borders of the Persian Empire
(c) It is confined to Attica
(d) From the Peloponnesian coast all the way up into Thrace

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