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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?
(a) Spartan commandos infiltrate Athenian camps.
(b) The Athenians send an advance force into the Peloponnesian isthmus.
(c) A huge Peloponnesian army is assembled at the isthmus leading to Attica which is then invaded
(d) Sparta utilizes Persian ships to attack from the Aegean Sea.
2. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?
(a) Macedon
(b) Thrace
(c) Kosovo
(d) Kurdistan
3. What happens immediately after the defeat of the Corcyran fleet?
(a) Winter sets in and the hostilities cease.
(b) Sparta withdraws to rebuild its fleet.
(c) The Athenian fleet defeates the Peloponesian fleet.
(d) Athens leaves Corcyra to defend itself.
4. How is Athens insulted by Megara and Euboea about the same time as the Boeotian revolution?
(a) Megara and Euboea join with the Persians against Athens.
(b) Megara and Euboea stope sending taxes to Athens.
(c) Megara and Euboea recall their soldiers from the Athenian army.
(d) Megara and Euboea revolt against Athens and tentatively join Sparta's Peloponnesian league.
5. What advantage does Athens have while Sparta occupies Attica?
(a) They are able to go around the Spartan forces and snipe at the rear flanks.
(b) They are able to withstand a long seige.
(c) Sparta cannot get its troops across the rugged terrain.
(d) Athens has the resources to buy off the Spartan forces.
Short Answer Questions
1. When the annual siege of Attica begins in 427 BC, what naval move does Sparta make?
2. How do the Athenians punish the Mytilene nobles after regaining the territory?
3. What Athenian general becomes successful in 425 BC?
4. What complication does geographic scope add to the difficulty of reading Book One?
5. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?
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