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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which government did Sparta seek to form an alliance with in spite of earlier conflicts?
(a) Thrace
(b) Persia
(c) Egypt
(d) Corinth

3. Why is Athens in a superior position at the start of the war?
(a) Because Athens has the largest army in the world at that time.
(b) Because Athens is built on an unassailable mountaintop.
(c) Because her her allies are more numerous, richer, and better positioned to prosecute hostilities against the largely agrarian Spartans.
(d) Because the Athenian army is better trained and more rugged.

4. During the winter of 427 BC, what returns to Athens?
(a) The money owned to the Delian League
(b) The plague
(c) The Athenian fleet
(d) The Athenian soldiers from Corcyra

5. What happens to the Athenian attack on Megara?
(a) The Athenians surround Brasidas and the Spartans.
(b) Brasidas retreats and leaves Megara vulnerable.
(c) It is a hasty coup.
(d) The Athenians fail to respond quickly enough to the Spartans under Brasidas.

6. After the prominent Spartan general, Pausanias, briefly becomes politically powerful, what causes his defeat?
(a) His arrogance
(b) His lack of troops
(c) His bad advisors
(d) His ill health

7. What is the major blow to Athens from the Mytilene revolt?
(a) The loss of triremes supplied by the island of Lesbos
(b) The defection of thousands of soldiers from Lesbos
(c) Vast sums of tribute money no longer available
(d) A potential blockade of Athenian waterways

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

9. Who owns the Helots?
(a) The Spartan state
(b) The Persian who farms them out to Sparta.
(c) The Spartan merchants
(d) Individual Spartan citizens

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

11. After the Helot uprising in Sparta, what action does Athens take?
(a) Athenian armies are defeated by Corinth.
(b) Athens removes sparta from the Delian League.
(c) Athens resettles some Helots and forges a strong alliance with Megara, which splits from Corinth.
(d) Athens conscripts Helots to fight against Persia.

12. What is a major upset to Athens during 447 through 446 BC?
(a) Persia finally defeats the Athenian army.
(b) Boeotia successfully revolts against Athens and regains her independence.
(c) Athenian military goes on strike for higher wages.
(d) Political leadership in Athens splits into several factions.

13. How is Athens insulted by Megara and Euboea about the same time as the Boeotian revolution?
(a) Megara and Euboea stope sending taxes to Athens.
(b) Megara and Euboea recall their soldiers from the Athenian army.
(c) Megara and Euboea join with the Persians against Athens.
(d) Megara and Euboea revolt against Athens and tentatively join Sparta's Peloponnesian league.

14. After the war begins, what diplomatic success does Athens have?
(a) Making a peace deal with Corinth.
(b) Gaining a neutrality pact from Persia.
(c) Athens concludes alliances with Odrysian, Thrace, and Macedonia .
(d) Athens successfully launches an anti-Spartan publicity attack.

15. At the time of the Athenian fortification of Pylos, what is happening in Corcyra?
(a) Famine is causing widespread starvation.
(b) Corcyra is rebuilding its defenses.
(c) Persia is negotiating with Corcyra.
(d) There is an earthquake in Corcyra.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Spartans react about their marooned troops?

2. What Athenian general becomes successful in 425 BC?

3. At the time Athens is gaining control in Lesbos, what is happening in Plataea?

4. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?

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

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