2. 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 conquered people are allowed to keep their land.
(c) Land is confiscated and given to citizens of the conquering nation.
(d) The land is redistributed among the citizens of the conquered country.

3. What is the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) To establish the credentials of Thucydides as a historian.
(b) To discuss the daily life of people in Sparta and Athens.
(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. What happens to the Athenian attack on Megara?
(a) Brasidas retreats and leaves Megara vulnerable.
(b) It is a hasty coup.
(c) The Athenians fail to respond quickly enough to the Spartans under Brasidas.
(d) The Athenians surround Brasidas and the Spartans.

5. In the early days of the war, which power seems to have the upper hand?
(a) Sparta
(b) Corinth
(c) Thrace
(d) Athens

6. What political action does Sparta take in 432 BC?
(a) Sparta pulls out of the conflict between Corinth and Athens.
(b) Sparta decides to declare war against Athens.
(c) Sparta begins adding more allies to the Peloponnesian League.
(d) Sparta holds a referrendum to see what their citizens want to do.

7. What does the Spartan declaration of war against the Helots allow?
(a) The legal means to take away the Helots' weaponry.
(b) It is only an exercise in legal maneurving.
(c) The killing of Helots by Spartan citizens without legal implication.
(d) The confiscation of Helot children.

8. What conflict in the region occurs outside of Athens' political control?
(a) Persia and Egypt sign treaties of cooperation.
(b) In 435 BC, Corinth and Corcyra engage in military hostilities; both enjoy some successes but Corcyra appears to gain the advantage.
(c) Corinth and Corcyra form a military alliance.
(d) Cyprus begins to emerge as a military force.

9. What happens after the Athenian fleet arrives in Corcyra?
(a) Athens sends peace envoys to Lesbos.
(b) There is wholesale slaughter of the political opposition.
(c) Corcyra defeats the Athenians.
(d) They have a big party to celebrate.

10. What event in ca 479 BC gives rise to a period of prominence in Athens?
(a) Defeat of the Spartans
(b) Defeat of the invading Persian army
(c) Incorporation of the surrounding city-states
(d) The influence of Socratic philosophy

11. What are the dates of the Peloponnesian War ?
(a) 380 to 45 BC
(b) 190 BC to 25 AD
(c) 431 to 404 BC
(d) 525 to 480 BC

12. What composes what Thucydides calls Western Hellas?
(a) The entire country of Greece on the Ionian Sea
(b) Macedon, Ipiris, and Caphellenia
(c) Arcanania, Ambracia, Corcyra, Epidamnus, the Ionian Islands, and Naupactus, among others
(d) Prygia, Lydia, and Caria

13. What is the main concern after Athens fortified Pylos?
(a) Leading generals fear Athenians might carry the plague.
(b) The leading general fears an Athenian advance deep into the Peloponnesus.
(c) Sparta fears the Helots might join with the Athenians.
(d) Sparta fears that their citizens might defect.

14. For Athens in 425 BC, what funny thing happens on the way to Sicily?
(a) The Athenian fleet is blown off course and lands in Crete.
(b) The Athenians come upon new triremes headed for Sparta and sink them.
(c) The fleet comes ashore and fortifies a base at Pylos in Sparta.
(d) The Spartans mistake Athenian ships for theirs and let them pass.

15. Why does Thucydides say that Sparta chose to go to war against Athens?
(a) Because Athens is interfering in Spartan politics.
(b) Because of Athens' great political power at the time.
(c) Because Spartan soldiers need war to stay in shape.
(d) Because Athens refuses to join the Peloponnesian League.