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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. 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.

2. What does the Spartan declaration of war against the Helots allow?
(a) It is only an exercise in legal maneurving.
(b) The killing of Helots by Spartan citizens without legal implication.
(c) The confiscation of Helot children.
(d) The legal means to take away the Helots' weaponry.

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

4. For Athens in 425 BC, what funny thing happens on the way to Sicily?
(a) The Spartans mistake Athenian ships for theirs and let them pass.
(b) The Athenian fleet is blown off course and lands in Crete.
(c) The Athenians come upon new triremes headed for Sparta and sink them.
(d) The fleet comes ashore and fortifies a base at Pylos in Sparta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the prominent Spartan general, Pausanias, briefly becomes politically powerful, what causes his defeat?

2. What composes what Thucydides calls Western Hellas?

3. At the time of the Athenian fortification of Pylos, what is happening in Corcyra?

4. What problem soon arises for Athens?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What punishment did Athens mete out to Mytilene after the revolt?

5. How did Athens respond to the attack on Attica?

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

7. What was Thucydides' reaction to the aftermath of the Corcyran revolt?

8. What was happening in 432 BC between Athens and Sparta and what was its true purpose?

9. What military innovation appeared in 424 BC?

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

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