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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the main antagonists over the military strategy in 416 BC?
(a) Alexander and Phillip
(b) Thucydides and Cleon
(c) Nician and Alcibiades
(d) Brasias and Pericles

2. What distant event at this time would later prove important in the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Sparta invades Syracuse.
(b) Sicily invades Sparta.
(c) Sicily and Syracuse sign a defense pact.
(d) Syracuse invades Messana.

3. When the annual siege of Attica begins in 427 BC, what naval move does Sparta make?
(a) Sparta sets up a defense against Athenian hit-and-run raids.
(b) Sparta dispatches a fleet to Lesbos.
(c) Sparta abandons any naval involvement at all.
(d) Sparta orderes new ships for Egypt.

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

5. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?
(a) Spartan commandos infiltrate Athenian camps.
(b) The Athenians send an advance force into the Peloponnesian isthmus.
(c) A huge Peloponnesian army is assembled at the isthmus leading to Attica which is then invaded
(d) Sparta utilizes Persian ships to attack from the Aegean Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Spartan offer of peace?

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

3. How do the Athenians respond to the Mytilene rebellion?

4. How do the Spartans react about their marooned troops?

5. What ultimatum does Athens give to Melos?

(see the answer key)

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