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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 political action does Sparta take in 432 BC?
(a) Sparta decides to declare war against Athens.
(b) Sparta pulls out of the conflict between Corinth and Athens.
(c) Sparta holds a referrendum to see what their citizens want to do.
(d) Sparta begins adding more allies to the Peloponnesian League.

2. What problem soon arises for Athens?
(a) They have a large number of military desertions.
(b) Their triremes begin needing major repairs.
(c) The treasury is rapidly being depleted.
(d) They begin having to travel farther for supplies.

3. Where are Spartan ground forces marooned after the battle for Pylos?
(a) In Crete
(b) On the island of Sphacteria
(c) On Lesbos
(d) In Sicily

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

5. The war is between what two powers?
(a) The Corinthian Empire and the Macedonians.
(b) The Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League, an alliance of city-states led by Sparta.
(c) Greece and Italy.
(d) The Persian Empire and Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the Corcyran fleet?

2. Who is the first Athenian to suggest fortifying Pylos?

3. How do the Athenians punish the Mytilene nobles after regaining the territory?

4. What is Athens doing toward the end of the 526 BC campaign?

5. Why is Book One considered difficult to read?

Short Essay Questions

1. What event showed that the situation between Athens and Sparta was tenuous at best?

2. After the battle for Pylos, what happened to the Spartan survivors?

3. What was Thucydides' attitude toward so-called supernatural occurrences?

4. What effort did Sparta make to get the Athenians out of Pylos?

5. How did Athens rise to its highest political power?

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

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

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

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

10. What happened to the Spartan fleet dispatched to Mytilene?

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