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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. In the same year as the Plataea defeat, what is happening in Corcyra?

2. What does the Spartan declaration of war against the Helots allow?

3. From Thucydides' analysis, who of the Mytilene population actually wants to break away from the Delian League?

4. What did Sparta demand of her allies?

5. Where is the Attica-Euboea-Boeotia area of Greece?

Short Essay Questions

1. What effect did new technology have on the war?

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

3. What was unusual about Spartan use of new methods of war?

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

5. How did Pylos actually become an Athenian stronghold in Sparta?

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

7. What notable action did the Athenian fleet take in 425 BC on its way to Sicily?

8. What was happening in 432 BC between Athens and Sparta and what was its true purpose?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the book, and also from some research you do, describe the military uniform used by the Greeks during the time of the Peloponnesian War. In your description include such things as mobility and defensive armor. Explain why ultimately the uniform equipment failed to be effective against innovative weaponry.

Essay Topic 2

Look up information on Pericles and Cleon. In a paper, discuss Thucydides' opinions of both men. Evaluate Cleon, an aristocrat, who became a champion of the working class. Since Thucydides was also born into aristocracy, is it possible that his bias against Cleon had more to do with social status than with political ideology? Compare Cleon to the Kennedy family of modern day America.

Essay Topic 3

Go through the history and identify some of the major mistakes Athens made during the Peloponnesian War. Be specific about what the mistakes were and how they affected the outcomes. Use other examples from the book than the major mistake of the invasion of Syracuse.

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