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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens among pro-Athens allies at that time?
(a) They fight to reinforce their own democracies.
(b) They form a new league excluding Athens.
(c) The abandon Athens and seek alliance with Persia.
(d) Various pro-Athenian cities consider abandoning democracy for oligarchy.

2. What major battle occurs in the winter of 415 BC?
(a) Sicily versus Macedonia
(b) Thrace versus Thebes
(c) Athens versus Syracuse
(d) Sparta versus Italy

3. 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.

4. What is the response to Nicias' communique during the winter of 414 BC?
(a) After debate, the city decides to send more reinforcements and new leadership.
(b) Nicias' correspondence is intercepted by Sparta.
(c) Athens answers that there are no more reinforcements available.
(d) There is cold silence after Nicias' request arrives in Athens.

5. What is the significance of Thucydides' inclusion of the story of Aristogiton and Harmodius?
(a) It is a strange inclusion of Greek superstition.
(b) It has nothing to do with either Athens or Sparta.
(c) It is a nearly unique authorial digression from the history of the war itself.
(d) It is an important event that is glossed over lightly.

6. What happens in 411 BC to the Athenian democracy after the defeat at Syracuse?
(a) All the leaders resign in helplessness.
(b) Athenian democracy collapses under the pressure of assassinations and military defeat.
(c) Martial law is declared to restore order and democracy.
(d) The democracy splits into three separate factions.

7. What area remains as the seat of power after the defeat at Syracuse?
(a) The Attica-Euboea-Boeotia-Peloponnesus Theater
(b) Athens and the Delian League.
(c) Persia and Corinth.
(d) Samos, Chios, and Sardis.

8. What ultimatum does Athens give to Melos?
(a) Build triemes for Athens or face an embargo
(b) Surrender supporters of Sparta or face the consequences
(c) Pay tribute or be wholly destroyed
(d) Join the Delian League or remain neutral

9. What occurs between Athens and Sparta during the winter of 422 BC?
(a) Diplomatic negotiations continue throughout the winter.
(b) Athens and Sparta set up their defenses for the next year.
(c) They redraw the map of Greece.
(d) Athens and Sparta first sign a peace treaty and then develop an alliance of sorts.

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

11. What is the final year in Thucydides' history?
(a) 411 BC
(b) 412 BC
(c) 404 BC
(d) 399 BC

12. What is the contradiction of Tissapherne's interaction with Sparta?
(a) Even as he declares an alliance with Sparta, he begins to cut material contributions to the Peloponnesians.
(b) He never intends to keep his promises to Peloponesus.
(c) After making an alliance with Sparta, he continues negotiating with Athens.
(d) He makes an alliance with Sparta but also makes a secret alliance with Syracuse.

13. How many battles are fought between Athens and Syracuse?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four

14. Why is Alcibiades not brought to trial immediately after the vandalism for which he is blamed?
(a) Many people do not believe he has anything to do with it.
(b) The government is slow to collect evidence.
(c) The statute of limitations runs out.
(d) The fleet leaves and he goes with it.

15. What are the results of Corinth's being alarmed during 421 BC?
(a) Several spies are caught checking out their defenses.
(b) Athens and Sparta agree to attack Corinth from both sides.
(c) Corinth, in particular, is alarmed as are numerous other cities and a series of alliances began to develop.
(d) Its borders are too exposed on all sides.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the demise of Athenian democracy, what political force gains control?

2. What does Thucydides say about the new Peloponnesian triremes?

3. During the winter of 421 BC, what happens with the Boeotians?

4. What is Alcibiades able to do in the Peloponnesus?

5. What removes Syracuse, Sicily, and Italy from the text of Thucydides' history?

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