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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How might the Spartan envoy to the Athenians have changed history?
(a) Is Sparta surrenders Brasias, the war would end.
(b) If Sparta's offer for peace is accepted, the war would end.
(c) If Sparta offers to cede land, the war would end.
(d) If the Spartan envoy is not assassinated, the war would end.

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

3. Who is the first Athenian to suggest fortifying Pylos?
(a) Cleon
(b) Brasidas
(c) Nicias
(d) Demosthenes

4. How successful is Sparta's land and sea attack on Pylos?
(a) They destroy the Athenian stronghold.
(b) It is better on land than at sea.
(c) Demosthenes is able to hold them off.
(d) It comes to a complete stalemate.

5. Who prevents the Athenian army from marching out to meet the Spartans?
(a) Socrates
(b) Thucydides
(c) Androclese
(d) Pericles

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Spartan forces give up the Attica offensive, what does Athens continue to do?

2. What makes it plausible that Thucydides begins his history from first-hand knowledge?

3. How does Thucydides picture certain charismatic generals during the years of the Peloponnesian War?

4. In 424 BC, how does Sparta change its military methods?

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

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