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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens immediately after the defeat of the Corcyran fleet?
(a) Athens leaves Corcyra to defend itself.
(b) The Athenian fleet defeates the Peloponesian fleet.
(c) Sparta withdraws to rebuild its fleet.
(d) Winter sets in and the hostilities cease.

2. After the prominent Spartan general, Pausanias, briefly becomes politically powerful, what causes his defeat?
(a) His ill health
(b) His arrogance
(c) His lack of troops
(d) His bad advisors

3. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?
(a) Sparta no longer has the services of vast numbers of Helots.
(b) Sparta is also involved in a war with Persia.
(c) Sparta is in the process of recruiting new troops.
(d) Sparta sufferes from a major famine.

4. How is Athens insulted by Megara and Euboea about the same time as the Boeotian revolution?
(a) Megara and Euboea recall their soldiers from the Athenian army.
(b) Megara and Euboea stope sending taxes to Athens.
(c) Megara and Euboea join with the Persians against Athens.
(d) Megara and Euboea revolt against Athens and tentatively join Sparta's Peloponnesian league.

5. What is Thucydides' conclusion about the ravages of the war?
(a) It is tempered on both sides by benevolence.
(b) It is misrepresented on both sides.
(c) It is something to be glorified.
(d) It is dehumanizing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political action does Sparta take in 432 BC?

2. Why is Book One considered difficult to read?

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

4. What happens to the annual raids on Attica in 426 BC?

5. How are Spartan envoys able to get through the Athenian blockade of Mytilene?

(see the answer key)

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