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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What desecration of religious idols is charged to Alcibiades?
(a) Knocking over the statues of Athena
(b) The stoning of the Oracle at Delphi
(c) Setting fire to the temple of Apollo
(d) The vandalism of the Hermae of Athens

2. What notable Spartan is wounded at Pylos?
(a) Nicias
(b) Sparticus
(c) Prothagoras
(d) Brasidas

3. How does Thucydides write about important speeches and rhetoric during his time?
(a) He asserts a knowledge about the thoughts of individuals at key moments within the history.
(b) He interviews important principal characters in the political area of his day.
(c) He has a good imagination for what is being thought and said.
(d) As a scribe, he is actually present for most of the important speeches and negotiations.

4. How do the Spartans react about their marooned troops?
(a) Spartans charge Pylos on the blind side.
(b) Spartans recall troops from Corcyra to march against Pylos.
(c) Spartans accept that their troops are lost.
(d) Spartans at home, eager to save their men, send peace envoys from Pylos to the Athenians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during the winter of 423 BC on the part of Sparta?

2. What happens to the Athenian attack on Megara?

3. Why does the Athenian attack on Messana fail?

4. Where are Spartan ground forces marooned after the battle for Pylos?

5. What is detailed in Book Two?

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