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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?
(a) Sparta is also involved in a war with Persia.
(b) Sparta is in the process of recruiting new troops.
(c) Sparta no longer has the services of vast numbers of Helots.
(d) Sparta sufferes from a major famine.

2. In 422 BC, what is the financial condition of Athens?
(a) The Athenian treasury is being supplied only from conquered territories.
(b) Athenian wealth has grown far beyond what the Spartans had.
(c) Athens is bankrupt and has to forego paying its soldiers.
(d) The treasury has been largely expended and private subscriptions and extra taxes have been utilized for military expansion.

3. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?
(a) A tidal wave in Sparta
(b) An earthquake in Sparta
(c) A wildfire in Sparta
(d) A famine in Sparta

4. When the annual siege of Attica begins in 427 BC, what naval move does Sparta make?
(a) Sparta abandons any naval involvement at all.
(b) Sparta orderes new ships for Egypt.
(c) Sparta dispatches a fleet to Lesbos.
(d) Sparta sets up a defense against Athenian hit-and-run raids.

5. Where is Thucydides writing his History of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Underground Athens
(b) In Sparta
(c) In the Library of Alexandria
(d) In exile

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Spartan offer of peace?

2. What composes what Thucydides calls Western Hellas?

3. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?

4. What is the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?

5. How do scholars generally explain the contradictions in Thucydides' text?

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