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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Theban attack able to precipitate the war?
(a) False information has Thebes invading Athens.
(b) It threatenes to weaken the Spartan strength and made immediate war necessary.
(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.

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

3. Why is Book One considered difficult to read?
(a) It has many obscure references that cannot be corroberated.
(b) It is organized along thematic lines rather than being chronological.
(c) Book One assumes that the reader will know information not available to modern readers.
(d) There is some evidence that someone other than Thucydides wrote this section.

4. What action is Athens taking in Sicily and Italy?
(a) Athens is establishing diplomatic relations in Sicily and italy.
(b) Athenian troops capture a few small cities in Sicily and Locris in Italy.
(c) Athens is building new triremes to attack from the West.
(d) Athens is raising additional armies.

5. What natural phenomenon takes place in Italy in 426 BC?
(a) Heavy rains and floods come that year.
(b) A meteor creates a vast crater in Italy.
(c) Mt. Aetna eruptes.
(d) A tsunami hits southern Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. From Thucydides' analysis, who of the Mytilene population actually wants to break away from the Delian League?

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

3. What is the general title given to the first twenty-three paragraphs of Book One?

4. How do the Athenians respond to the Mytilene rebellion?

5. Who are the Athenian hoplites?

(see the answer key)

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