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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What natural phenomenon affects the war at the same time as a failed peace envoy to Sparta?
(a) A tsunami causes widespread destruction in the Peloponnesian isthmus.
(b) Cyclones sweep across the eastern side of Greece.
(c) An earthquake brings down much of Athens' walls.
(d) The plague appears in Lesbos, then Athens, and then Potidaea.

3. When the annual siege of Attica begins in 427 BC, what naval move does Sparta make?
(a) Sparta abandons any naval involvement at all.
(b) Sparta dispatches a fleet to Lesbos.
(c) Sparta orderes new ships for Egypt.
(d) Sparta sets up a defense against Athenian hit-and-run raids.

4. During the winter of 427 BC, what returns to Athens?
(a) The plague
(b) The money owned to the Delian League
(c) The Athenian fleet
(d) The Athenian soldiers from Corcyra

5. Where are Spartan ground forces marooned after the battle for Pylos?
(a) On the island of Sphacteria
(b) In Crete
(c) On Lesbos
(d) In Sicily

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after the Athenian fleet arrives in Corcyra?

2. What are the four major geographic areas listed in Book One?

3. Why is Sparta somewhat weakened at the start of the war?

4. What does Cleon do at Sphacteria?

5. What is the major blow to Athens from the Mytilene revolt?

(see the answer key)

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