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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complication does geographic scope add to the difficulty of reading Book One?
(a) The geography uses names of places that were used only in thucydides' time.
(b) The geographic scope of Book One, particularly throughout the Pentecontaetia, is vast and shifts rapidly.
(c) The geography is only hinted at and not spelled out clearly.
(d) The geography is inexact based on maps that were not correct.

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

3. At the time Athens is gaining control in Lesbos, what is happening in Plataea?
(a) Plataea declares itself neutral.
(b) Plataea holds off the Spartans until Athenian forces arrive.
(c) Plataea finally capitulates and the Spartans execute all of the surviving forces.
(d) Plataea is defeated by an Athenian attack.

4. What does Athens do in Scione?
(a) Prepares for a long winter
(b) Establishes a new military base of operations
(c) Executes the men and enslaves the women and children
(d) Gains another ally

5. What happens to the Corcyran fleet?
(a) It is victorious over the Peloponesian fleet.
(b) It is lost in a freak storm.
(c) It is defeated by the Peloponesian fleet.
(d) It is sent to Mylitene.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Athenian attack on Megara?

2. What appears to be a mistake made by the Athenian forces under Pericles?

3. What Athenian general becomes successful in 425 BC?

4. What unusual plan does Syracuse put into operation against Athens?

5. What does the Spartan declaration of war against the Helots allow?

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