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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the results of Corinth's being alarmed during 421 BC?
(a) Its borders are too exposed on all sides.
(b) Athens and Sparta agree to attack Corinth from both sides.
(c) Corinth, in particular, is alarmed as are numerous other cities and a series of alliances began to develop.
(d) Several spies are caught checking out their defenses.

2. What is happening to the once invincible hoplite phalanx?
(a) It is failing because it had been overused.
(b) It is becoming too expensive to mount.
(c) It is becoming ineffective against new weapons and tactics.
(d) It is no longer being used by the Athenians.

3. Where is the fourth major area where much of the early activity takes place?
(a) Kosovo
(b) Macedon
(c) Kurdistan
(d) Thrace

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

5. What opinion does Thucydides seem to have about Pericles as a leader?
(a) He faults him for not taking on Sparta sooner.
(b) He blames him for the later defeats of the Athenians.
(c) He thinks he is too passive.
(d) He rates him as highly effectual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?

2. Why is Book 5 of the History of the Peloponnesian War such a short book?

3. Who are the Helots?

4. How is the book historically divided by modern scholars?

5. What happens to the annual raids on Attica in 426 BC?

(see the answer key)

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