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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 the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) To discuss the daily life of people in Sparta and Athens.
(b) To show the importance of Corinth in the Peloponnesian War.
(c) To establish background and attempt to examine the causes of the war.
(d) To establish the credentials of Thucydides as a historian.

2. Book One concludes in the winter before hostilities erupt. What date is given by modern scholars for this time?
(a) 398/397 BC
(b) 421/420 BC
(c) 410/409 BC
(d) 432/431 BC

3. What conflict in the region occurs outside of Athens' political control?
(a) Cyprus begins to emerge as a military force.
(b) In 435 BC, Corinth and Corcyra engage in military hostilities; both enjoy some successes but Corcyra appears to gain the advantage.
(c) Persia and Egypt sign treaties of cooperation.
(d) Corinth and Corcyra form a military alliance.

4. After the war begins, what diplomatic success does Athens have?
(a) Athens concludes alliances with Odrysian, Thrace, and Macedonia .
(b) Making a peace deal with Corinth.
(c) Athens successfully launches an anti-Spartan publicity attack.
(d) Gaining a neutrality pact from Persia.

5. 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) A complex layout of the geography of the day
(d) The beginning history of the Peloponesian War

Short Answer Questions

1. After the Spartan forces give up the Attica offensive, what does Athens continue to do?

2. Where is is the Peloponnesus itself?

3. What puts a strain between Athens and Sparta after the revolt?

4. How is the Delian League founded?

5. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?

(see the answer key)

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