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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 action is Athens taking in Sicily and Italy?
(a) Athens is establishing diplomatic relations in Sicily and italy.
(b) Athenian troops capture a few small cities in Sicily and Locris in Italy.
(c) Athens is building new triremes to attack from the West.
(d) Athens is raising additional armies.

2. How might the Spartan envoy to the Athenians have changed history?
(a) Is Sparta surrenders Brasias, the war would end.
(b) If the Spartan envoy is not assassinated, the war would end.
(c) If Sparta offers to cede land, the war would end.
(d) If Sparta's offer for peace is accepted, the war would end.

3. After Athens intervenes in Corcyra, what does Thucydides observe?
(a) It is a time of peace in Corcyra.
(b) There is nothing left of Corcyra.
(c) Violence of all kinds sweeps through Corcyra and mass murder is enacted for political and personal reasons.
(d) Corcyrans flee to the safety of Athens.

4. How does Corinth enter the war?
(a) Under seige from the spartans
(b) As part of their alliance with Thebes
(c) As opportunists hoping to divide and conquer
(d) Independently and not yet allied with Sparta

5. What conflict in the region occurs outside of Athens' political control?
(a) Cyprus begins to emerge as a military force.
(b) Persia and Egypt sign treaties of cooperation.
(c) In 435 BC, Corinth and Corcyra engage in military hostilities; both enjoy some successes but Corcyra appears to gain the advantage.
(d) Corinth and Corcyra form a military alliance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens during the winter of 423 BC on the part of Sparta?

2. Who are the peltasts?

3. Paragraphs 89 through118 are referred to as the Pentecontaetia and deal with what aspect of the history?

4. Between Corinth and Corcyra, which side does Athens eventually decide to support?

5. How do the Athenians respond to the Mytilene rebellion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Peloponnesian attacks on Attica in the summer of 428 BC affect Athens?

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

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

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

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

7. What might have ended the Peloponnesian war after the battle of Pylos?

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

9. What military innovation appeared in 424 BC?

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

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