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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is commonly called the peace of Nicias by modern scholars?
(a) A time under Nicias when Sparta is afraid to attack.
(b) A six-week halt to the hostilities
(c) The end of the Peloponnesian War
(d) The treaty of alliance between Sparta and Athens during the winter of 422 to 421 BC

2. The war is between what two powers?
(a) Greece and Italy.
(b) The Persian Empire and Sparta.
(c) The Athenian empire and the Peloponnesian League, an alliance of city-states led by Sparta.
(d) The Corinthian Empire and the Macedonians.

3. What problem soon arises for Athens?
(a) The treasury is rapidly being depleted.
(b) They begin having to travel farther for supplies.
(c) Their triremes begin needing major repairs.
(d) They have a large number of military desertions.

4. From a more historical point of view, how does the peace of Nicias seem to scholars?
(a) It looks like a failed effort at diplomacy.
(b) It appears to be a gradual cessation of hostilities.
(c) It seems to be misnamed for Nicias and should be credited to Cleon.
(d) It does not look like a peace at all.

5. Who are the Athenian hoplites?
(a) Salves taken from Lesbos
(b) Religious fanatics
(c) Helots who fled Sparta after the earthquake
(d) Heavily-armed military infantry

Short Answer Questions

1. Which political powers are at the epicenter of the Peloponnesian War?

2. What occurs between Athens and Sparta during the winter of 422 BC?

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

4. What success does Cleon have during the time of Book 5?

5. Who owns the Helots?

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