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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While the Spartan fleet is at sea, what is happening in Mytilene?
(a) The Mytilene government has a change of mind.
(b) The Mytilene envoy is recalled from Athens.
(c) The Mytilenes halt ship production.
(d) The people of Mytilene seize power and surrender the city to Athens.

2. 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.

3. What natural phenomenon takes place in Italy in 426 BC?
(a) A tsunami hits southern Italy.
(b) Mt. Aetna eruptes.
(c) A meteor creates a vast crater in Italy.
(d) Heavy rains and floods come that year.

4. What is the general title given to the first twenty-three paragraphs of Book One?
(a) The Preamble
(b) The Introduction
(c) The Archaelogy
(d) The Apology

5. Which government did Sparta seek to form an alliance with in spite of earlier conflicts?
(a) Thrace
(b) Corinth
(c) Egypt
(d) Persia

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Thucydides write about important speeches and rhetoric during his time?

2. What does Cleon do at Sphacteria?

3. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?

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

5. Who arrives in Sicily and changes the course of the conflict with Athens?

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