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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What desecration of religious idols is charged to Alcibiades?
(a) Setting fire to the temple of Apollo
(b) The stoning of the Oracle at Delphi
(c) Knocking over the statues of Athena
(d) The vandalism of the Hermae of Athens

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

3. Why do the Spartans fear the Helots?
(a) The Helots are adept at warfare.
(b) The Helots have treaties with the Athenians.
(c) The Helots outnumber the Spartans.
(d) The Helots control most of the money.

4. Book One concludes in the winter before hostilities erupt. What date is given by modern scholars for this time?
(a) 421/420 BC
(b) 410/409 BC
(c) 432/431 BC
(d) 398/397 BC

5. What happens after the Athenian fleet arrives in Corcyra?
(a) There is wholesale slaughter of the political opposition.
(b) Corcyra defeats the Athenians.
(c) They have a big party to celebrate.
(d) Athens sends peace envoys to Lesbos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What action is Athens taking in Sicily and Italy?

2. Why is it necessary for triremes to come ashore often?

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

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

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

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