2. What major battle occurs in the winter of 415 BC?
(a) Sicily versus Macedonia
(b) Thrace versus Thebes
(c) Sparta versus Italy
(d) Athens versus Syracuse

3. What does Thucydides say about the new Peloponnesian triremes?
(a) These triremes possess a reinforced prow with strengthened rams.
(b) They are the largest ships ever built up to that time.
(c) They are lighter and can move faster in the water.
(d) They use less manpower to operate.

4. What indicates Athens' former military superiority as late as 412 BC?
(a) Small nations still look to Sthens for protection.
(b) Persia still considers Athens as a threat.
(c) Sparta is still unable to get beyond Attica.
(d) Athens still has a significant military force .

5. How do scholars generally explain the contradictions in Thucydides' text?
(a) Much of the manuscript is lost and Thucydides forgets what he has said earlier.
(b) Over time. he revises his opinions and understanding but does not always update all relevant textual passages.
(c) Thucydides seems to have a great deal of trouble making up his mind.
(d) Correctly analyzed, what appears to be contradictions are actually not.

6. What is the response to Nicias' communique during the winter of 414 BC?
(a) There is cold silence after Nicias' request arrives in Athens.
(b) Athens answers that there are no more reinforcements available.
(c) Nicias' correspondence is intercepted by Sparta.
(d) After debate, the city decides to send more reinforcements and new leadership.

7. What is the political position of Argos from 418 through 416 BC?
(a) Maintained neutrality
(b) Vascilation between Athens and Sparta
(c) Consistently pro Spart
(d) Consistently pro-Athens

8. What happens to the Athenian attack on Amphipolis?
(a) The Athenians easily win.
(b) Sparta is there waiting for the Athenians.
(c) The Athenians are surprised by ambush.
(d) It fails.

9. What happens at Amphipolis?
(a) There is a great battle that ended in a stand-off.
(b) Cleon is defeated by an audacious attack by Brasidas and both generals are killed in the fighting.
(c) Cleon loses his right arm in the battle at Amphipolis.
(d) Brasidas is defeated by Cleon's forces.

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

11. What does Athens do in Scione?
(a) Prepares for a long winter
(b) Executes the men and enslaves the women and children
(c) Gains another ally
(d) Establishes a new military base of operations

12. What ultimatum does Athens give to Melos?
(a) Surrender supporters of Sparta or face the consequences
(b) Join the Delian League or remain neutral
(c) Pay tribute or be wholly destroyed
(d) Build triemes for Athens or face an embargo

13. What happens in the second battle at Syracuse?
(a) Cleon comes and takes command of the Athenians.
(b) Gylippus leads his troops to victory.
(c) Alcibiades arrives with reinforcements.
(d) Nicias finally takes aggressive action.

14. Who negotiates with both sides--Sparta and Athens--after the defeat at Syracuse?
(a) Sicily's ambassadors
(b) Demosthenes
(c) Tissaphernes, the Persian satrap
(d) Alcibiades

15. What removes Syracuse, Sicily, and Italy from the text of Thucydides' history?
(a) The eruption of Mt. Aetna
(b) The defeat and rout of the Athenians
(c) Sparta turing its attention on Thrace
(d) Athens' ultimate defeat of Syracuse