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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which political powers are at the epicenter of the Peloponnesian War?
(a) Athens and Corinth
(b) Athens and Macedon
(c) Athens and Sparta
(d) Athens and Thrace

2. Why is Athens in a superior position at the start of the war?
(a) Because the Athenian army is better trained and more rugged.
(b) Because her her allies are more numerous, richer, and better positioned to prosecute hostilities against the largely agrarian Spartans.
(c) Because Athens is built on an unassailable mountaintop.
(d) Because Athens has the largest army in the world at that time.

3. Who are the Helots?
(a) Athenian spies in Sparta
(b) A minor political party in Sparta
(c) Greeks from Helotia
(d) Serfs who are little more than Spartan slaves

4. Who is the notable politician who is successful in diverting the attention of Sparta from the Athenians?
(a) Themistocles
(b) Alexander
(c) Periclese
(d) Phillip

5. What event precipitates the beginning of the war?
(a) The beheading of Athenian envoys to Sparta
(b) The actual advent of hostilities comes about through a Theban surprise attack against Plataea.
(c) Word that Thrace had invaded Corinth.
(d) An attempted sea attack agains Athens from Sparta

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is the Theban attack able to precipitate the war?

3. During the winter of 427 BC, what returns to Athens?

4. Who are the Athenian hoplites?

5. How does Corinth enter the war?

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