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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the same year as the Plataea defeat, what is happening in Corcyra?
(a) There is a revolt.
(b) They are disbanding their army.
(c) The economy is growing from sales of weapons.
(d) They hold new elections.

2. How did Thucydides see the period of 422 to 421 BC?
(a) A time when no military operations are launched.
(b) An era of more guerilla warfare
(c) Part of a continuous military struggle with a lull included.
(d) A period of rearmament for both sides

3. What is the general title given to the first twenty-three paragraphs of Book One?
(a) The Preamble
(b) The Apology
(c) The Introduction
(d) The Archaelogy

4. What major battle occurs in the winter of 415 BC?
(a) Sparta versus Italy
(b) Athens versus Syracuse
(c) Sicily versus Macedonia
(d) Thrace versus Thebes

5. What are the dates of the Peloponnesian War ?
(a) 525 to 480 BC
(b) 190 BC to 25 AD
(c) 380 to 45 BC
(d) 431 to 404 BC

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the results of Corinth's being alarmed during 421 BC?

2. How might the Spartan envoy to the Athenians have changed history?

3. How is the book historically divided by modern scholars?

4. Book One concludes in the winter before hostilities erupt. What date is given by modern scholars for this time?

5. What happens when Athens attempts to invade Boeotia?

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