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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the net result of Gylippus' demand for more and better triremes?
(a) A disastrous defeat of the Athenian fleet
(b) The ships do not perform as expected.
(c) It bankrupts the country.
(d) More of the fighting takes place on the sea.

3. What notable Spartan is wounded at Pylos?
(a) Nicias
(b) Sparticus
(c) Brasidas
(d) Prothagoras

4. In the same year as the Plataea defeat, what is happening in Corcyra?
(a) The economy is growing from sales of weapons.
(b) They hold new elections.
(c) They are disbanding their army.
(d) There is a revolt.

5. What is the main result of the 428 BC attack on Attica?
(a) Large areas of crop land are destroyed.
(b) Athens is able to dirve them back this time.
(c) Pericles finally agrees to fight the enemy.
(d) Athens' defenses are weakened considerably.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Athenians punish the Mytilene nobles after regaining the territory?

2. What is detailed in Book Two?

3. During the winter of 427 BC, what returns to Athens?

4. How does Gylippus counteract the Athenian siege?

5. After the Helot uprising in Sparta, what action does Athens take?

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