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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 is the relationship of Melos to Athens during the period of the peace of Nicias?
(a) Melos sends envoys to both Athens and Sparta.
(b) Melos accedes to all Athanian demands and comes under the Athenian umbrella.
(c) Melos seeks to evade entanglement in the Delian League.
(d) Melos then engages Athens in political rhetoric and refuses to yield to Athenian demands.

2. What marks the period of the peace of Nicias from 421 to 413 BC?
(a) Minor but constant friction between Athenian and Spartan interests
(b) Several major battles between Athens and Sparta
(c) Military buildups which precluded an skirmishes at all
(d) Economic growth of both Athens and sparta

3. What desecration of religious idols is charged to Alcibiades?
(a) Knocking over the statues of Athena
(b) The vandalism of the Hermae of Athens
(c) Setting fire to the temple of Apollo
(d) The stoning of the Oracle at Delphi

4. What is the first step in the unraveling of the Athenian force?
(a) The raids on Peloponnesus become ineffective.
(b) Money is playing out in Athens.
(c) There starts to be a lot of defections.
(d) The Spartan presence in fortified Decelea causes difficulty in Athens, and Sparta sends reinforcements to Syracuse.

5. How do the Athenians respond to the many defeats suffered in 414 BC?
(a) They recall Demosthenes and put him on trial.
(b) They order the Athenian navy to return to Athens.
(c) They continue to pour their resources and personnel into the Syracusan conflict.
(d) They refuse to believe that it is as bad as reported.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is commonly called the peace of Nicias by modern scholars?

2. What happens in Attica during the time of the battle at Amphipolis?

3. What happens to the Athenian attack on Amphipolis?

4. What military involvement in 416 BC is hotly argued in Athens?

5. In 422 BC, what is the financial condition of Athens?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the defeat at Syracuse, what was the condition of of the Athenian league?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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