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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Cleon do at Sphacteria?
(a) He recalls the army because it was hopeless.
(b) He sends Demosthenes to finish the job.
(c) He brings in Barbarian mercenaries to finish the job.
(d) He takes command and drives the attack to successful conclusion.

3. After the Spartan forces give up the Attica offensive, what does Athens continue to do?
(a) Build higher walls around Athens
(b) Press for a military truce and peace treaty
(c) Stockpile commodities against future Spartan attacks
(d) Hit-and-run naval attacks on the Peloponesian isthmus

4. In the same year as the Plataea defeat, what is happening in Corcyra?
(a) They hold new elections.
(b) The economy is growing from sales of weapons.
(c) There is a revolt.
(d) They are disbanding their army.

5. What natural phenomenon affects the war at the same time as a failed peace envoy to Sparta?
(a) Cyclones sweep across the eastern side of Greece.
(b) The plague appears in Lesbos, then Athens, and then Potidaea.
(c) A tsunami causes widespread destruction in the Peloponnesian isthmus.
(d) An earthquake brings down much of Athens' walls.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are the dates of the Peloponnesian War ?

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

4. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?

5. What conflict in the region occurs outside of Athens' political control?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the only threat to Athenian power after the defeat of the invading Persians?

2. How did Pylos actually become an Athenian stronghold in Sparta?

3. Simultaneous to the blockade of Mytilene, what offensive action was taken by Athens?

4. What effect did new technology have on the war?

5. What notable action did the Athenian fleet take in 425 BC on its way to Sicily?

6. What did Thucydides identify as the starting point of the war?

7. What happened to Brasidas during the unsuccessful assault on Pylos?

8. Describe the conditions before the lead up to the Peloponnesian War.

9. What was the significance of the Mytilenean revolt against Athens?

10. What was unusual about Spartan use of new methods of war?

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