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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 further mischief does a former Athenian general create in 412 BC?
(a) Demosthenes attempts to establish an oligarchy with himself at its head.
(b) Alcibiades attempts to subvert an Athenian army in the field at Samos.
(c) Cleon turns traitor and gives state secrets to Sparta.
(d) Nicias leads a revolt of the Athenian army.

2. What unusual plan does Syracuse put into operation against Athens?
(a) Syracuse sends sick civilians into the Athenian ranks to spread disease.
(b) Syracusans lead land attacks.
(c) Syracusans put out a rumor that the city has the plague.
(d) Syracusans build a fleet and attack the Athenian navy.

3. What happens in the second battle at Syracuse?
(a) Gylippus leads his troops to victory.
(b) Cleon comes and takes command of the Athenians.
(c) Nicias finally takes aggressive action.
(d) Alcibiades arrives with reinforcements.

4. What are many Syracusans advocating prior to the arrival of Gylippus?
(a) Calling for spartan intervention
(b) Joining the Delian League
(c) A settlement with Athens
(d) Abandoning the region

5. Who is instrumental in getting Sparta to join Syracuse against Athens?
(a) Pericles
(b) Cleon
(c) Brasias
(d) Alcibiades

Short Answer Questions

1. What charismatic individual rises to prominence in 420 BC?

2. What transpires in Syracuse in 414 BC?

3. Why does Thucydides suddenly include more information on Peloponnesian events?

4. What happens at Amphipolis?

5. Stylistically speaking, what is the quality of Thucydides' text?

Short Essay Questions

1. In 422 BC, what caused the popularity of the Athenian general, Cleon, to rise?

2. How did the arrival of Gylippus made a difference in the Athenian attack on Syracuse?

3. How did Alcibiades respond to his recall to face charges of blasphemy?

4. What was Thucydides' intention for his history of the war in terms of future reference?

5. How did the peace of Nicias finally break down?

6. What design changes in the new Peloponnesian triremes made them more effective against the Athenian navy?

7. How did Syracuse put the Athenian forces on the defensive?

8. Aside from the disintegration of Athens and its allies, what was the political/military condition of the Grecian world in 412 BC?

9. What happened to the dialogue between Melos and Athens?

10. What happened in Athens after the revolt of Euboea?

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