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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which political powers are at the epicenter of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Athens and Thrace
(b) Athens and Sparta
(c) Athens and Macedon
(d) Athens and Corinth

3. What appears to be a mistake made by the Athenian forces under Pericles?
(a) Athens attempts to fortify all of Attica.
(b) Athens attempts an embargo against Sparta.
(c) Athens occupies Aegina and ejects the citizens who are subsequently resettled by Sparta in Thyrea.
(d) Athens ignores the possible danger Corinth might become.

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

5. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?
(a) The Athenians send an advance force into the Peloponnesian isthmus.
(b) Sparta utilizes Persian ships to attack from the Aegean Sea.
(c) A huge Peloponnesian army is assembled at the isthmus leading to Attica which is then invaded
(d) Spartan commandos infiltrate Athenian camps.

Short Answer Questions

1. What complication does geographic scope add to the difficulty of reading Book One?

2. Why is Athens in a superior position at the start of the war?

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

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

5. The war is between what two powers?

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