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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a major upset to Athens during 447 through 446 BC?
(a) Persia finally defeats the Athenian army.
(b) Athenian military goes on strike for higher wages.
(c) Boeotia successfully revolts against Athens and regains her independence.
(d) Political leadership in Athens splits into several factions.

2. Who prevents the Athenian army from marching out to meet the Spartans?
(a) Socrates
(b) Thucydides
(c) Pericles
(d) Androclese

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

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

5. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?
(a) Sparta sufferes from a major famine.
(b) Sparta no longer has the services of vast numbers of Helots.
(c) Sparta is also involved in a war with Persia.
(d) Sparta is in the process of recruiting new troops.

Short Answer Questions

1. The war is between what two powers?

2. Where is is the Peloponnesus itself?

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

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

5. Why is Book One considered difficult to read?

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