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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?
(a) Sparta is in the process of recruiting new troops.
(b) Sparta sufferes from a major famine.
(c) Sparta is also involved in a war with Persia.
(d) Sparta no longer has the services of vast numbers of Helots.

2. Who are the Athenian hoplites?
(a) Salves taken from Lesbos
(b) Religious fanatics
(c) Heavily-armed military infantry
(d) Helots who fled Sparta after the earthquake

3. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?
(a) It is misrepresented on both sides.
(b) It is something to be glorified.
(c) It is tempered on both sides by benevolence.
(d) It is dehumanizing.

4. Between Corinth and Corcyra, which side does Athens eventually decide to support?
(a) Corcyra
(b) Both sides
(c) Corinth
(d) Neither side

5. What is the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) To establish background and attempt to examine the causes of the war.
(b) To show the importance of Corinth in the Peloponnesian War.
(c) To discuss the daily life of people in Sparta and Athens.
(d) To establish the credentials of Thucydides as a historian.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Athens intervenes in Corcyra, what does Thucydides observe?

2. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?

3. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?

4. Why is Book One considered difficult to read?

5. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?

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