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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Athens insulted by Megara and Euboea about the same time as the Boeotian revolution?
(a) Megara and Euboea stope sending taxes to Athens.
(b) Megara and Euboea revolt against Athens and tentatively join Sparta's Peloponnesian league.
(c) Megara and Euboea join with the Persians against Athens.
(d) Megara and Euboea recall their soldiers from the Athenian army.

2. What happens to the Athenian attack on Amphipolis?
(a) The Athenians are surprised by ambush.
(b) Sparta is there waiting for the Athenians.
(c) The Athenians easily win.
(d) It fails.

3. After the prominent Spartan general, Pausanias, briefly becomes politically powerful, what causes his defeat?
(a) His lack of troops
(b) His bad advisors
(c) His ill health
(d) His arrogance

4. What are the feelings of many Athenians leading up to the problems in Sicily?
(a) Many feel that Nicias iss unneseccarily inactive.
(b) Most feel that Athens has become invulnerable.
(c) Many Athenians feel that Sicily is a simple matter.
(d) Many feel that Cleon needs to be in Sicily.

5. What are the dates of the Peloponnesian War ?
(a) 431 to 404 BC
(b) 525 to 480 BC
(c) 190 BC to 25 AD
(d) 380 to 45 BC

Short Answer Questions

1. What desecration of religious idols is charged to Alcibiades?

2. What serious setback happens to Athens in 413 BC?

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

4. What is commonly called the peace of Nicias by modern scholars?

5. What conflict in the region occurs outside of Athens' political control?

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