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

2. How does a lunar eclipse enter into the Athenian plans to withdraw?
(a) It terrifies the Syracusans and causes them to withdraw.
(b) It iss viewed as an omen and the Athenians wait too long to depart.
(c) It gives the Athenians a chance to withdraw in darkness.
(d) It gives the Syracusans a chance to attack in darkness.

3. How does Thucydides write about important speeches and rhetoric during his time?
(a) He asserts a knowledge about the thoughts of individuals at key moments within the history.
(b) He interviews important principal characters in the political area of his day.
(c) As a scribe, he is actually present for most of the important speeches and negotiations.
(d) He has a good imagination for what is being thought and said.

4. What happens among pro-Athens allies at that time?
(a) The abandon Athens and seek alliance with Persia.
(b) They form a new league excluding Athens.
(c) They fight to reinforce their own democracies.
(d) Various pro-Athenian cities consider abandoning democracy for oligarchy.

5. How did Thucydides see the period of 422 to 421 BC?
(a) Part of a continuous military struggle with a lull included.
(b) An era of more guerilla warfare
(c) A time when no military operations are launched.
(d) A period of rearmament for both sides

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice does Thucydides not value other than recognizing its effect on politics and the military?

2. How does Gylippus counteract the Athenian siege?

3. During the winter of 421 BC, what happens with the Boeotians?

4. What claim does Alcibiades make when the Phoenician navy remains neutral in the Aegean?

5. What serious setback happens to Athens in 413 BC?

Short Essay Questions

1. What historical turning point is inaugurated by Athens in 415 BC?

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

3. What unusual event transpired at Amphipolis in 422 BC and how did Thucydides view the results?

4. What feature of Thucydides' writing would not be acceptable in historical writing today?

5. What shenanigan was attributed to Alcibiades prior to his setting sail for Sicily?

6. To what did Thucydides attribute the final rout of the Athenian navy in the harbor at Syracuse?

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

8. What was the mindset of Athens after the defeats at Syracuse?

9. What is today generally referred to as the peace of Nicias?

10. What was so alarming about the revolt of Chios?

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