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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Athens insulted by Megara and Euboea about the same time as the Boeotian revolution?
(a) Megara and Euboea recall their soldiers from the Athenian army.
(b) Megara and Euboea join with the Persians against Athens.
(c) Megara and Euboea revolt against Athens and tentatively join Sparta's Peloponnesian league.
(d) Megara and Euboea stope sending taxes to Athens.

2. Why does the Athenian attack on Messana fail?
(a) A betrayal by Alcibiades
(b) The Spartans arrive before Athens.
(c) An earthquake stops the invasion.
(d) Bad weather sinks many Athenian ships.

3. What unusual plan does Syracuse put into operation against Athens?
(a) Syracusans build a fleet and attack the Athenian navy.
(b) Syracusans put out a rumor that the city has the plague.
(c) Syracuse sends sick civilians into the Athenian ranks to spread disease.
(d) Syracusans lead land attacks.

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

5. Who owns the Helots?
(a) The Spartan state
(b) The Persian who farms them out to Sparta.
(c) Individual Spartan citizens
(d) The Spartan merchants

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the peltasts?

3. How does Gylippus counteract the Athenian siege?

4. Why is Athens in a superior position at the start of the war?

5. Why does Thucydides create his own chronology for his history?

(see the answer key)

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