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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Athenian attack on Messana fail?
(a) Bad weather sinks many Athenian ships.
(b) The Spartans arrive before Athens.
(c) A betrayal by Alcibiades
(d) An earthquake stops the invasion.

2. Where is the Attica-Euboea-Boeotia area of Greece?
(a) The area East of the Peloponnesian Isthmus
(b) The area South of the Peloponnesian Isthmus
(c) The area directly North of the Peloponnesian Isthmus
(d) The area West of the Peloponnesian Isthmus

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

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

5. Where are Spartan ground forces marooned after the battle for Pylos?
(a) On the island of Sphacteria
(b) In Crete
(c) In Sicily
(d) On Lesbos

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the main antagonists over the military strategy in 416 BC?

2. What distant event at this time would later prove important in the Peloponnesian War?

3. Who prevents the Athenian army from marching out to meet the Spartans?

4. How is Argos able to withstand the Spartans?

5. What is detailed in Book Two?

(see the answer key)

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