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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What innovation does Gylippus utilize in the second battle at Syracuse?
(a) Cavalry
(b) Catapults
(c) Battering rams
(d) Explosives

3. What happens to the Athenian attack on Megara?
(a) The Athenians fail to respond quickly enough to the Spartans under Brasidas.
(b) The Athenians surround Brasidas and the Spartans.
(c) Brasidas retreats and leaves Megara vulnerable.
(d) It is a hasty coup.

4. Where are Spartan ground forces marooned after the battle for Pylos?
(a) In Sicily
(b) On Lesbos
(c) In Crete
(d) On the island of Sphacteria

5. What suggests that the account of Cleon's accomplishments is not thoroughly documented?
(a) Cleon's order that nothing be written about it.
(b) Demosthenes covers up the truth.
(c) Thucydides' particular dislike for Cleon
(d) Everything is military top secret

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the relationship of Melos to Athens during the period of the peace of Nicias?

2. What happens to the Corcyran fleet?

3. What marks the period of the peace of Nicias from 421 to 413 BC?

4. What happens immediately after the defeat of the Corcyran fleet?

5. In 422 BC, what is the financial condition of Athens?

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