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

2. After the prominent Spartan general, Pausanias, briefly becomes politically powerful, what causes his defeat?
(a) His lack of troops
(b) His ill health
(c) His bad advisors
(d) His arrogance

3. What is the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) To discuss the daily life of people in Sparta and Athens.
(b) To establish the credentials of Thucydides as a historian.
(c) To show the importance of Corinth in the Peloponnesian War.
(d) To establish background and attempt to examine the causes of the war.

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

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