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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sparta demand of her allies?
(a) To surround Attica
(b) To build a massive fleet
(c) To Take Trace and Macedon
(d) To send their troops to Sparta for training

2. What further mischief does a former Athenian general create in 412 BC?
(a) Nicias leads a revolt of the Athenian army.
(b) Demosthenes attempts to establish an oligarchy with himself at its head.
(c) Alcibiades attempts to subvert an Athenian army in the field at Samos.
(d) Cleon turns traitor and gives state secrets to Sparta.

3. What success does Cleon have during the time of Book 5?
(a) Cleon negotiates a cease fire with Crete.
(b) Cleon is elected to lead the country for life.
(c) Cleon succeeds in reguilding the Athenian war machine.
(d) Cleon leads an Athenian expedition to Thrace where he recaptures some areas formerly subjugated by Sparta.

4. What happens when Athens attempts to invade Boeotia?
(a) They suffers a disastrous defeat.
(b) The Boeotians escape to the mountains.
(c) The Athenians run out of supplies and have to retreat.
(d) The oracle at Delphi forbids the invasion.

5. Who is the notable politician who is successful in diverting the attention of Sparta from the Athenians?
(a) Phillip
(b) Periclese
(c) Alexander
(d) Themistocles

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is is the Peloponnesus itself?

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

3. Who are the main antagonists over the military strategy in 416 BC?

4. What happens in the second battle at Syracuse?

5. What does the Spartan declaration of war against the Helots allow?

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