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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. After the Spartan forces give up the Attica offensive, what does Athens continue to do?
(a) Press for a military truce and peace treaty
(b) Hit-and-run naval attacks on the Peloponesian isthmus
(c) Stockpile commodities against future Spartan attacks
(d) Build higher walls around Athens

4. In 424 BC, how does Sparta change its military methods?
(a) They add extra soldiers to their infantry.
(b) They invent the catapult.
(c) They formalize defensive units of archers and cavalry.
(d) They become more proficient sailors.

5. What is Alcibiades able to do in the Peloponnesus?
(a) Surround Sparta
(b) Form a successful naval blockade
(c) Create an Athenian-dominated, anti-Spartan alliance.
(d) Establish new strongholds

Short Answer Questions

1. Between Corinth and Corcyra, which side does Athens eventually decide to support?

2. In the early days of the war, which power seems to have the upper hand?

3. From a more historical point of view, how does the peace of Nicias seem to scholars?

4. What opinion does Thucydides seem to have about Pericles as a leader?

5. By the end of Book Two, how widespread is the war?

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