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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who prevents the Athenian army from marching out to meet the Spartans?
(a) Thucydides
(b) Pericles
(c) Androclese
(d) Socrates

2. What makes it plausible that Thucydides begins his history from first-hand knowledge?
(a) He is a wealthy Athenian and general in the early days of the war.
(b) He is associated with the highest levels of diplomacy in the early days.
(c) He is a financier who has connections in high places.
(d) His father is Athenian and his mother is from Sparta.

3. What does the Spartan declaration of war against the Helots allow?
(a) The confiscation of Helot children.
(b) The legal means to take away the Helots' weaponry.
(c) It is only an exercise in legal maneurving.
(d) The killing of Helots by Spartan citizens without legal implication.

4. What innovation does Gylippus utilize in the second battle at Syracuse?
(a) Catapults
(b) Cavalry
(c) Explosives
(d) Battering rams

5. What is the resulting military action after the revolt of Chios?
(a) A surprise attack on Athens by Sparta and Syracuse
(b) The arrival of a Persian fleet in the Aegean Sea
(c) A combined Athenian and Argive force achieves a victory at Miletus but then retires as a larger Peloponnesian relief force approaches.
(d) A larger revolt involving more of the Delian League allies

Short Answer Questions

1. Who negotiates with both sides--Sparta and Athens--after the defeat at Syracuse?

2. Who are the Athenian hoplites?

3. What happens in the second battle at Syracuse?

4. What is Athens doing toward the end of the 526 BC campaign?

5. Where is the initial confrontation between Sparta and the Athenians?

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