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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sparta demand of her allies?
(a) To surround Attica
(b) To build a massive fleet
(c) To Take Trace and Macedon
(d) To send their troops to Sparta for training

2. What is detailed in Book Two?
(a) The formula Thucydides uses for writing the remainer of the history
(b) The biographies of important individuals ca. 421 BC
(c) The beginning history of the Peloponesian War
(d) A complex layout of the geography of the day

3. After the Helot uprising in Sparta, what action does Athens take?
(a) Athens resettles some Helots and forges a strong alliance with Megara, which splits from Corinth.
(b) Athenian armies are defeated by Corinth.
(c) Athens removes sparta from the Delian League.
(d) Athens conscripts Helots to fight against Persia.

4. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?
(a) Macedon
(b) Kosovo
(c) Thrace
(d) Kurdistan

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the prominent Spartan general, Pausanias, briefly becomes politically powerful, what causes his defeat?

2. Book One concludes in the winter before hostilities erupt. What date is given by modern scholars for this time?

3. Why is the Theban attack able to precipitate the war?

4. Who is the notable politician who is successful in diverting the attention of Sparta from the Athenians?

5. What advantage does Athens have while Sparta occupies Attica?

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