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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time Athens is gaining control in Lesbos, what is happening in Plataea?
(a) Plataea holds off the Spartans until Athenian forces arrive.
(b) Plataea is defeated by an Athenian attack.
(c) Plataea finally capitulates and the Spartans execute all of the surviving forces.
(d) Plataea declares itself neutral.

2. Why does Thucydides create his own chronology for his history?
(a) He is not sure of exact dates during the war.
(b) He clearly intends it for a wider readership than just the Athenians.
(c) There is a unified calendar of which he does not approve.
(d) He wants to exert influence over the Grecian calendar.

3. What natural phenomenon takes place in Italy in 426 BC?
(a) A tsunami hits southern Italy.
(b) A meteor creates a vast crater in Italy.
(c) Heavy rains and floods come that year.
(d) Mt. Aetna eruptes.

4. 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) The Peloponnesian army is prevented from ravaging Attica by a series of earthquakes.
(d) They are postponed because of a lingering winter.

5. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?
(a) A wildfire in Sparta
(b) A famine in Sparta
(c) An earthquake in Sparta
(d) A tidal wave in Sparta

Short Answer Questions

1. Which political powers are at the epicenter of the Peloponnesian War?

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

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

4. How does Corinth enter the war?

5. What distant event at this time would later prove important in the Peloponnesian War?

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