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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?
(a) It is something to be glorified.
(b) It is tempered on both sides by benevolence.
(c) It is misrepresented on both sides.
(d) It is dehumanizing.

2. While the Spartan fleet is at sea, what is happening in Mytilene?
(a) The Mytilene envoy is recalled from Athens.
(b) The Mytilenes halt ship production.
(c) The Mytilene government has a change of mind.
(d) The people of Mytilene seize power and surrender the city to Athens.

3. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?
(a) An earthquake in Sparta
(b) A famine in Sparta
(c) A wildfire in Sparta
(d) A tidal wave in Sparta

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?

2. Book One concludes in the winter before hostilities erupt. What date is given by modern scholars for this time?

3. Paragraphs 89 through118 are referred to as the Pentecontaetia and deal with what aspect of the history?

4. Why does Thucydides say that Sparta chose to go to war against Athens?

5. What are the most far reaching of the participants in the Peloponnesian War?

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