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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the peltasts?
(a) Barbarian mercenaries
(b) Suicide attackers
(c) Stone age warriors
(d) Unarmored men throwing darted missiles

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

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

4. What happens to the annual raids on Attica in 426 BC?
(a) Athens is ready for Sparta at the Attica border.
(b) The Spartans decide to try something else.
(c) The Peloponnesian army is prevented from ravaging Attica by a series of earthquakes.
(d) They are postponed because of a lingering winter.

5. After the Helot uprising in Sparta, what action does Athens take?
(a) Athens removes sparta from the Delian League.
(b) Athenian armies are defeated by Corinth.
(c) Athens resettles some Helots and forges a strong alliance with Megara, which splits from Corinth.
(d) Athens conscripts Helots to fight against Persia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the Helots?

2. After the prominent Spartan general, Pausanias, briefly becomes politically powerful, what causes his defeat?

3. According to Cleon, why does the attack at Sphacteria stall?

4. What does the Spartan declaration of war against the Helots allow?

5. What political action does Sparta take in 432 BC?

(see the answer key)

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