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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. How successful is Sparta's land and sea attack on Pylos?
(a) They destroy the Athenian stronghold.
(b) It is better on land than at sea.
(c) It comes to a complete stalemate.
(d) Demosthenes is able to hold them off.

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

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

4. From Thucydides' analysis, who of the Mytilene population actually wants to break away from the Delian League?
(a) The would-be generals
(b) The commoners of Lesbos
(c) The upper classes
(d) The shipbuilders

5. What is the stated purpose of Book One of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) To establish background and attempt to examine the causes of the war.
(b) To establish the credentials of Thucydides as a historian.
(c) To discuss the daily life of people in Sparta and Athens.
(d) To show the importance of Corinth in the Peloponnesian War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are Spartan ground forces marooned after the battle for Pylos?

2. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?

3. What happens to the Athenian attack on Megara?

4. What is the main concern after Athens fortified Pylos?

5. When the annual siege of Attica begins in 427 BC, what naval move does Sparta make?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In 426 BC, what prevented the annual invasion of Attica by the Peloponnesian forces?

6. What was the first major geographical area in the Peloponnesian War?

7. What complicates the chronology of Thucydides' history?

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

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

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

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