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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Thucydides say that Sparta chose to go to war against Athens?
(a) Because Athens is interfering in Spartan politics.
(b) Because Athens refuses to join the Peloponnesian League.
(c) Because Spartan soldiers need war to stay in shape.
(d) Because of Athens' great political power at the time.

2. What event in ca 479 BC gives rise to a period of prominence in Athens?
(a) Defeat of the Spartans
(b) The influence of Socratic philosophy
(c) Defeat of the invading Persian army
(d) Incorporation of the surrounding city-states

3. What is detailed in Book Two?
(a) A complex layout of the geography of the day
(b) The biographies of important individuals ca. 421 BC
(c) The formula Thucydides uses for writing the remainer of the history
(d) The beginning history of the Peloponesian War

4. How is the Delian League founded?
(a) Through a series of political treaties binding most Greek cities-states to Athens.
(b) By the wide spread acceptance of Plato's Republic.
(c) By the military force of Athens at the time.
(d) By a convention of city-states seeking protection from Persia.

5. By the end of Book Two, how widespread is the war?
(a) Up to the borders of the Persian Empire
(b) It is confined to Attica
(c) From the Peloponnesian coast all the way up into Thrace
(d) Limited to the Peleponnesian isthmus

Short Answer Questions

1. What puts a strain between Athens and Sparta after the revolt?

2. Why is Book One considered difficult to read?

3. What are the most far reaching of the participants in the Peloponnesian War?

4. Between Corinth and Corcyra, which side does Athens eventually decide to support?

5. Paragraphs 89 through118 are referred to as the Pentecontaetia and deal with what aspect of the history?

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