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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event in ca 479 BC gives rise to a period of prominence in Athens?
(a) Defeat of the invading Persian army
(b) Incorporation of the surrounding city-states
(c) The influence of Socratic philosophy
(d) Defeat of the Spartans

2. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?
(a) Spartan commandos infiltrate Athenian camps.
(b) A huge Peloponnesian army is assembled at the isthmus leading to Attica which is then invaded
(c) Sparta utilizes Persian ships to attack from the Aegean Sea.
(d) The Athenians send an advance force into the Peloponnesian isthmus.

3. What opinion does Thucydides seem to have about Pericles as a leader?
(a) He rates him as highly effectual.
(b) He blames him for the later defeats of the Athenians.
(c) He thinks he is too passive.
(d) He faults him for not taking on Sparta sooner.

4. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?
(a) All the land becomes public property administered by the state.
(b) The conquered people are allowed to keep their land.
(c) Land is confiscated and given to citizens of the conquering nation.
(d) The land is redistributed among the citizens of the conquered country.

5. What are the four major geographic areas listed in Book One?
(a) Egypt, Syria, Greece and Asia Minor.
(b) Attica, the Peloponnesus, Western Hellas and Thrace.
(c) Sparta, Thebes, the Hellespont and Ephesus.
(d) Athens, Persia, Corint and the Aegean.

Short Answer Questions

1. While the Spartan fleet is at sea, what is happening in Mytilene?

2. At first, what action by Athens signifies a lack of understanding of the defeat at Syracuse?

3. What innovation does Gylippus utilize in the second battle at Syracuse?

4. For Athens in 425 BC, what funny thing happens on the way to Sicily?

5. What is the significance of Thucydides' inclusion of the story of Aristogiton and Harmodius?

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