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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the Athenians doing in Italy at about the same time?
(a) Regrouping to attack Peloponnesus
(b) Preparing to invade Syracuse
(c) Taking a break from the war
(d) Calling an international conference

2. What happens in Attica during the time of the battle at Amphipolis?
(a) The Boeotians enjoy military success in Attica.
(b) The farmers are allowed to return to their fields.
(c) The Crocyrans launch a successful attack.
(d) All of Attica is annexed by Sparta.

3. What charismatic individual rises to prominence in 420 BC?
(a) Alcibiades
(b) Nicias
(c) Socrates
(d) Pericles

4. What marks the period of the peace of Nicias from 421 to 413 BC?
(a) Economic growth of both Athens and sparta
(b) Several major battles between Athens and Sparta
(c) Military buildups which precluded an skirmishes at all
(d) Minor but constant friction between Athenian and Spartan interests

5. From a more historical point of view, how does the peace of Nicias seem to scholars?
(a) It seems to be misnamed for Nicias and should be credited to Cleon.
(b) It looks like a failed effort at diplomacy.
(c) It appears to be a gradual cessation of hostilities.
(d) It does not look like a peace at all.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which government did Sparta seek to form an alliance with in spite of earlier conflicts?

2. What happens at Amphipolis?

3. What are the dates of the Peloponnesian War ?

4. What event in ca 479 BC gives rise to a period of prominence in Athens?

5. What does Cleon do at Sphacteria?

(see the answer key)

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