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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 7.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What Athenian general becomes successful in 425 BC?
(a) Androclese uses lions to put fear in the Spartan soldiers.
(b) Sophocles defeates the Spartans in Attica.
(c) Demosthenes leads Athenian troops and allies to victory over a combined Peloponnesian and Ambraciot army
(d) Alcibiades leads many successful raids into the Peloponesian isthmus.
2. Paragraphs 89 through118 are referred to as the Pentecontaetia and deal with what aspect of the history?
(a) This segment deals with the five geographical areas of the major powers involved.
(b) In this segment, Thucydides examines a period of roughly fifty years leading up to the formal outbreak of hostilities.
(c) The segment is used to give the five majoy reasons that tensions were running high.
(d) In this segment, Thucydides ennumerates the five main generals who led the wars.
3. What happens between Sparta and Athens in 423 BC?
(a) The exchange of prisoners of war
(b) A truce of sorts
(c) A time out to bury their dead
(d) A major battle in Attica
4. What transpires in Syracuse in 414 BC?
(a) Gylippus arrives in Syracuse and saves the city from defeat.
(b) Athens leaves Syracuse when Gylippus arrives.
(c) Envoys pass between Athens and Sicily.
(d) Large financial resources reach Syracuse.
5. What is the significance of Thucydides' inclusion of the story of Aristogiton and Harmodius?
(a) It is a strange inclusion of Greek superstition.
(b) It is a nearly unique authorial digression from the history of the war itself.
(c) It has nothing to do with either Athens or Sparta.
(d) It is an important event that is glossed over lightly.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are the Athenians doing in Italy at about the same time?
2. Who are the main antagonists over the military strategy in 416 BC?
3. What is the main result of the 428 BC attack on Attica?
4. Which government did Sparta seek to form an alliance with in spite of earlier conflicts?
5. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?
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