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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the winter of 427 BC, what returns to Athens?
(a) The plague
(b) The Athenian soldiers from Corcyra
(c) The money owned to the Delian League
(d) The Athenian fleet

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

3. What happens immediately after the defeat of the Corcyran fleet?
(a) Winter sets in and the hostilities cease.
(b) Athens leaves Corcyra to defend itself.
(c) The Athenian fleet defeates the Peloponesian fleet.
(d) Sparta withdraws to rebuild its fleet.

4. What event precipitates the beginning of the war?
(a) An attempted sea attack agains Athens from Sparta
(b) Word that Thrace had invaded Corinth.
(c) The beheading of Athenian envoys to Sparta
(d) The actual advent of hostilities comes about through a Theban surprise attack against Plataea.

5. Who is the notable politician who is successful in diverting the attention of Sparta from the Athenians?
(a) Periclese
(b) Alexander
(c) Phillip
(d) Themistocles

Short Answer Questions

1. What natural phenomenon affects the war at the same time as a failed peace envoy to Sparta?

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

3. While the Spartan fleet is at sea, what is happening in Mytilene?

4. Where is the Attica-Euboea-Boeotia area of Greece?

5. The war is between what two powers?

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