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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sparta do in 414 BC?
(a) Sends new peace envoys to Athens.
(b) Twice invades Argos.
(c) Makes an alliance with Argos.
(d) Gives command of their armies to Alcibiades.

2. What military plan is put into effect in response to Nicias' request?
(a) Demosthenes commands a large group of hoplites who are taken to Syracuse by ship.
(b) Demosthenes becomes the first casualty of the naval war.
(c) Demosthenes prepares to lead a fleet to Sicily while another Athenian fleet raids along the Peloponnesus.
(d) Demosthenes declines to get involved in the war.

3. In the early days of the war, which power seems to have the upper hand?
(a) Athens
(b) Corinth
(c) Thrace
(d) Sparta

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Thucydides like news reporters today?

2. What is the first step in the unraveling of the Athenian force?

3. What does Thucydides say about the new Peloponnesian triremes?

4. What is Athens doing toward the end of the 526 BC campaign?

5. When the annual siege of Attica begins in 427 BC, what naval move does Sparta make?

(see the answer key)

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