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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?
(a) A tidal wave in Sparta
(b) An earthquake in Sparta
(c) A famine in Sparta
(d) A wildfire in Sparta

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

3. What puts a strain between Athens and Sparta after the revolt?
(a) Athens supports the Helots against the leaders of Sparta.
(b) Athens sends troops to aid the Spartans but they refuse their help.
(c) Sparta begins to resent Athens because they do not send aid.
(d) After the revolt, Athens incorporates large portians of Spartan held territory.

4. What opinion does Thucydides seem to have about Pericles as a leader?
(a) He rates him as highly effectual.
(b) He blames him for the later defeats of the Athenians.
(c) He faults him for not taking on Sparta sooner.
(d) He thinks he is too passive.

5. Why is the Theban attack able to precipitate the war?
(a) It threatenes to weaken the Spartan strength and made immediate war necessary.
(b) False information has Thebes invading Athens.
(c) There is a serious debate over which league would be allied to Thebes.
(d) Athens and Sparta both embrace the Theban attack as the justification for, and opportunity toward, a greater conflict.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sparta demand of her allies?

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

3. How is Athens insulted by Megara and Euboea about the same time as the Boeotian revolution?

4. What is the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?

5. What are the most far reaching of the participants in the Peloponnesian War?

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