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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Alcibiades able to do in the Peloponnesus?
(a) Create an Athenian-dominated, anti-Spartan alliance.
(b) Surround Sparta
(c) Establish new strongholds
(d) Form a successful naval blockade

2. What happens immediately after the defeat of the Corcyran fleet?
(a) Athens leaves Corcyra to defend itself.
(b) The Athenian fleet defeates the Peloponesian fleet.
(c) Winter sets in and the hostilities cease.
(d) Sparta withdraws to rebuild its fleet.

3. What does Thucydides say about the new Peloponnesian triremes?
(a) They are the largest ships ever built up to that time.
(b) They use less manpower to operate.
(c) They are lighter and can move faster in the water.
(d) These triremes possess a reinforced prow with strengthened rams.

4. How do the Spartans react about their marooned troops?
(a) Spartans accept that their troops are lost.
(b) Spartans charge Pylos on the blind side.
(c) Spartans at home, eager to save their men, send peace envoys from Pylos to the Athenians.
(d) Spartans recall troops from Corcyra to march against Pylos.

5. Why is it necessary for triremes to come ashore often?
(a) The triremes have no bathroom facilities.
(b) The boats have to be repaired often.
(c) The triremes need some of the weight reduced.
(d) The crews need space to cook, sleep and relax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unusual plan does Syracuse put into operation against Athens?

2. After Athens intervenes in Corcyra, what does Thucydides observe?

3. What is the first step in the unraveling of the Athenian force?

4. What is the net result of Gylippus' demand for more and better triremes?

5. What charismatic individual rises to prominence in 420 BC?

(see the answer key)

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