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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. From Thucydides' analysis, who of the Mytilene population actually wants to break away from the Delian League?
(a) The would-be generals
(b) The commoners of Lesbos
(c) The shipbuilders
(d) The upper classes

3. Why is Athens in a superior position at the start of the war?
(a) Because Athens has the largest army in the world at that time.
(b) Because her her allies are more numerous, richer, and better positioned to prosecute hostilities against the largely agrarian Spartans.
(c) Because Athens is built on an unassailable mountaintop.
(d) Because the Athenian army is better trained and more rugged.

4. What happens when Athens attempts to invade Boeotia?
(a) The Boeotians escape to the mountains.
(b) The oracle at Delphi forbids the invasion.
(c) The Athenians run out of supplies and have to retreat.
(d) They suffers a disastrous defeat.

5. Who are the peltasts?
(a) Suicide attackers
(b) Stone age warriors
(c) Unarmored men throwing darted missiles
(d) Barbarian mercenaries

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cleon, why does the attack at Sphacteria stall?

2. How do scholars generally explain the contradictions in Thucydides' text?

3. What happens in the second battle at Syracuse?

4. What military plan is put into effect in response to Nicias' request?

5. What success does Cleon have during the time of Book 5?

(see the answer key)

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