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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The war is between what two powers?

2. What complication does geographic scope add to the difficulty of reading Book One?

3. After the Spartan forces give up the Attica offensive, what does Athens continue to do?

4. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?

5. What natural phenomenon takes place in Italy in 426 BC?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Thucydides identify as the starting point of the war?

2. What was Thucydides' reaction to the aftermath of the Corcyran revolt?

3. After the battle for Pylos, what happened to the Spartan survivors?

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

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

6. What happened to the Spartan fleet dispatched to Mytilene?

7. What indication by 428 BC suggested that military tactics were changing?

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

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

10. What military innovation appeared in 424 BC?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using information about motives and prejudices among both the Spartans the Athenians, write a paper about the absurdity of war. Evaluate what was actually accomplished from the Peloponnesian War. Include your assessment of war in general.

Essay Topic 2

For most of the Peloponnesian War, Athens was under a land siege. Although it had little influence on the economy of Athens, imagine how it might have affected civilian life and write a paper on your idea of the limitations such a siege would put on a population.

Essay Topic 3

Write a paper about the social structure of Sparta. Discuss the Helots in terms of both their benefit to the country and their threat. Discuss the Perioeci and why they had special privileges that even Spartans did not enjoy. Discuss Sparta as a good example of a totalitarian form of government.

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