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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sparta demand of her allies?
(a) To build a massive fleet
(b) To send their troops to Sparta for training
(c) To Take Trace and Macedon
(d) To surround Attica

2. What suggests that the account of Cleon's accomplishments is not thoroughly documented?
(a) Everything is military top secret
(b) Demosthenes covers up the truth.
(c) Thucydides' particular dislike for Cleon
(d) Cleon's order that nothing be written about it.

3. What military involvement in 416 BC is hotly argued in Athens?
(a) Conscripting Helots to fight the Spartans
(b) Mounting an invasion of Italy
(c) Sending a fleet again to Sicily
(d) Sending hoplites to guard the borders of Attica

4. For Athens in 425 BC, what funny thing happens on the way to Sicily?
(a) The Spartans mistake Athenian ships for theirs and let them pass.
(b) The Athenian fleet is blown off course and lands in Crete.
(c) The fleet comes ashore and fortifies a base at Pylos in Sparta.
(d) The Athenians come upon new triremes headed for Sparta and sink them.

5. Why does the Athenian attack on Messana fail?
(a) The Spartans arrive before Athens.
(b) Bad weather sinks many Athenian ships.
(c) A betrayal by Alcibiades
(d) An earthquake stops the invasion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Athenians doing in Italy at about the same time?

2. What happens between Sparta and Athens in 423 BC?

3. How is Argos able to withstand the Spartans?

4. What natural phenomenon affects the war at the same time as a failed peace envoy to Sparta?

5. Which government did Sparta seek to form an alliance with in spite of earlier conflicts?

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