1. What are the feelings of many Athenians leading up to the problems in Sicily?
(a) Many Athenians feel that Sicily is a simple matter.
(b) Many feel that Cleon needs to be in Sicily.
(c) Most feel that Athens has become invulnerable.
(d) Many feel that Nicias iss unneseccarily inactive.

2. What is happening to the once invincible hoplite phalanx?
(a) It is failing because it had been overused.
(b) It is no longer being used by the Athenians.
(c) It is becoming too expensive to mount.
(d) It is becoming ineffective against new weapons and tactics.

3. After the Helot uprising in Sparta, what action does Athens take?
(a) Athens conscripts Helots to fight against Persia.
(b) Athens removes sparta from the Delian League.
(c) Athens resettles some Helots and forges a strong alliance with Megara, which splits from Corinth.
(d) Athenian armies are defeated by Corinth.

4. How do scholars from other disciplines consider the value of Thucydides' work?
(a) The strange chronology makes it useless for other fields of study.
(b) It provides enough corollary materials that is has been the subject of scrutiny across a diverse field of studies.
(c) Its' politics are not consistent with other writers' interpretations.
(d) Social analysts cannot get a picture of the development of democratic institutions.

5. After Athens intervenes in Corcyra, what does Thucydides observe?
(a) Corcyrans flee to the safety of Athens.
(b) There is nothing left of Corcyra.
(c) It is a time of peace in Corcyra.
(d) Violence of all kinds sweeps through Corcyra and mass murder is enacted for political and personal reasons.