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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which political powers are at the epicenter of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Athens and Macedon
(b) Athens and Thrace
(c) Athens and Corinth
(d) Athens and Sparta

4. What unexplainable surprising event takes place with the patriotic Athenian army?
(a) The patriotic Athenian army makes a pact with Sparta.
(b) The army disbands leaving Athens open to attack.
(c) The patriotic Athenian army faction on Samos recalls Alcibiades and elects him general.
(d) Civil war breaks out within the city of Athens led by Nicias.

5. What is the political position of Argos from 418 through 416 BC?
(a) Maintained neutrality
(b) Consistently pro Spart
(c) Vascilation between Athens and Sparta
(d) Consistently pro-Athens

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Spartan offer of peace?

2. What puts a strain between Athens and Sparta after the revolt?

3. In 424 BC, how does Sparta change its military methods?

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

5. What composes what Thucydides calls Western Hellas?

(see the answer key)

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