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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action is Athens taking in Sicily and Italy?
(a) Athenian troops capture a few small cities in Sicily and Locris in Italy.
(b) Athens is establishing diplomatic relations in Sicily and italy.
(c) Athens is building new triremes to attack from the West.
(d) Athens is raising additional armies.

2. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?
(a) A famine in Sparta
(b) An earthquake in Sparta
(c) A tidal wave in Sparta
(d) A wildfire in Sparta

3. What happens to the annual raids on Attica in 426 BC?
(a) They are postponed because of a lingering winter.
(b) The Spartans decide to try something else.
(c) Athens is ready for Sparta at the Attica border.
(d) The Peloponnesian army is prevented from ravaging Attica by a series of earthquakes.

4. What are the most far reaching of the participants in the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Persia, Italy and Sicily, and the Aegean seas and islands
(b) The Galapogas Islands
(c) Egypt and Spain
(d) Germany and Austria

5. By the end of Book Two, how widespread is the war?
(a) It is confined to Attica
(b) Limited to the Peleponnesian isthmus
(c) Up to the borders of the Persian Empire
(d) From the Peloponnesian coast all the way up into Thrace

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?

2. What advantage does Athens have while Sparta occupies Attica?

3. What happens to the Corcyran fleet?

4. How is the book historically divided by modern scholars?

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

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