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

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. What happens in Attica during the time of the battle at Amphipolis?
(a) The farmers are allowed to return to their fields.
(b) The Crocyrans launch a successful attack.
(c) All of Attica is annexed by Sparta.
(d) The Boeotians enjoy military success in Attica.

3. After the Helot uprising in Sparta, what action does Athens take?
(a) Athens resettles some Helots and forges a strong alliance with Megara, which splits from Corinth.
(b) Athenian armies are defeated by Corinth.
(c) Athens conscripts Helots to fight against Persia.
(d) Athens removes sparta from the Delian League.

4. How did Thucydides see the period of 422 to 421 BC?
(a) Part of a continuous military struggle with a lull included.
(b) A time when no military operations are launched.
(c) An era of more guerilla warfare
(d) A period of rearmament for both sides

5. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?
(a) The conquered people are allowed to keep their land.
(b) Land is confiscated and given to citizens of the conquering nation.
(c) All the land becomes public property administered by the state.
(d) The land is redistributed among the citizens of the conquered country.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the Delian League founded?

3. At the time of the Athenian fortification of Pylos, what is happening in Corcyra?

4. What happens when Athens attempts to invade Boeotia?

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

(see the answer key)

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