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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the book historically divided by modern scholars?
(a) Book One is usually looked at as a whole in keeping with Thucydides' method.
(b) Book One has historically been subdivided into two named segments although these do not exist as such in the text itself.
(c) Book One has historically been divided into four major parts with certain aspects emphasized.
(d) Book One is divided in two seasons--winter and summer.

2. What happens to the Athenian attack on Megara?
(a) Brasidas retreats and leaves Megara vulnerable.
(b) The Athenians surround Brasidas and the Spartans.
(c) The Athenians fail to respond quickly enough to the Spartans under Brasidas.
(d) It is a hasty coup.

3. What happens to the Corcyran fleet?
(a) It is sent to Mylitene.
(b) It is lost in a freak storm.
(c) It is victorious over the Peloponesian fleet.
(d) It is defeated by the Peloponesian fleet.

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) Build higher walls around Athens
(c) Press for a military truce and peace treaty
(d) Stockpile commodities against future Spartan attacks

5. How does Corinth enter the war?
(a) Under seige from the spartans
(b) As opportunists hoping to divide and conquer
(c) As part of their alliance with Thebes
(d) Independently and not yet allied with Sparta

Short Answer Questions

1. For Athens in 425 BC, what funny thing happens on the way to Sicily?

2. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?

3. What is detailed in Book Two?

4. What advantage does Athens have while Sparta occupies Attica?

5. How do the Athenians punish the Mytilene nobles after regaining the territory?

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