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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What natural phenomenon affects the war at the same time as a failed peace envoy to Sparta?
(a) A tsunami causes widespread destruction in the Peloponnesian isthmus.
(b) Cyclones sweep across the eastern side of Greece.
(c) An earthquake brings down much of Athens' walls.
(d) The plague appears in Lesbos, then Athens, and then Potidaea.

2. 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 establish background and attempt to examine the causes of the war.
(d) To show the importance of Corinth in the Peloponnesian War.

3. Where is the Attica-Euboea-Boeotia area of Greece?
(a) The area directly North of the Peloponnesian Isthmus
(b) The area South of the Peloponnesian Isthmus
(c) The area West of the Peloponnesian Isthmus
(d) The area East of the Peloponnesian Isthmus

4. After the Spartan forces give up the Attica offensive, what does Athens continue to do?
(a) Hit-and-run naval attacks on the Peloponesian isthmus
(b) Press for a military truce and peace treaty
(c) Build higher walls around Athens
(d) Stockpile commodities against future Spartan attacks

5. What are the most far reaching of the participants in the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Egypt and Spain
(b) Germany and Austria
(c) The Galapogas Islands
(d) Persia, Italy and Sicily, and the Aegean seas and islands

Short Answer Questions

1. Paragraphs 89 through118 are referred to as the Pentecontaetia and deal with what aspect of the history?

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

3. What event in ca 479 BC gives rise to a period of prominence in Athens?

4. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?

5. Why does Thucydides say that Sparta chose to go to war against Athens?

(see the answer key)

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