History of the Peloponnesian War Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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History of the Peloponnesian War Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage does Athens have while Sparta occupies Attica?
(a) They are able to withstand a long seige.
(b) Athens has the resources to buy off the Spartan forces.
(c) They are able to go around the Spartan forces and snipe at the rear flanks.
(d) Sparta cannot get its troops across the rugged terrain.

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

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

4. How do the Athenians punish the Mytilene nobles after regaining the territory?
(a) Athens declares martial law in Mytilene.
(b) 1,000 prominent leaders are executed and the walls of Mytilene are razed.
(c) They do not get punished and a general amnesty is declared for all.
(d) The Athenians carry all the nobles to Athens and put them in prison.

5. How is Athens insulted by Megara and Euboea about the same time as the Boeotian revolution?
(a) Megara and Euboea recall their soldiers from the Athenian army.
(b) Megara and Euboea revolt against Athens and tentatively join Sparta's Peloponnesian league.
(c) Megara and Euboea stope sending taxes to Athens.
(d) Megara and Euboea join with the Persians against Athens.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What natural phenomenon affects the war at the same time as a failed peace envoy to Sparta?

3. How are Spartan envoys able to get through the Athenian blockade of Mytilene?

4. While the Spartan fleet is at sea, what is happening in Mytilene?

5. What natural phenomenon takes place in Italy in 426 BC?

(see the answer key)

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