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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the annual raids on Attica in 426 BC?
(a) They are postponed because of a lingering winter.
(b) The Spartans decide to try something else.
(c) The Peloponnesian army is prevented from ravaging Attica by a series of earthquakes.
(d) Athens is ready for Sparta at the Attica border.

2. In the case of a conquered land, what is the general practice of that time regarding private property?
(a) All the land becomes public property administered by the state.
(b) The conquered people are allowed to keep their land.
(c) The land is redistributed among the citizens of the conquered country.
(d) Land is confiscated and given to citizens of the conquering nation.

3. From a more historical point of view, how does the peace of Nicias seem to scholars?
(a) It looks like a failed effort at diplomacy.
(b) It does not look like a peace at all.
(c) It seems to be misnamed for Nicias and should be credited to Cleon.
(d) It appears to be a gradual cessation of hostilities.

4. How do the Athenians respond to the Mytilene rebellion?
(a) They invade Lesbos and are driven back.
(b) They negotiate a new treaty with Mytilene giving many consessions.
(c) They meet the Sparta army on Lesbos and fight to a stalemate.
(d) They put up a blockade against Lesbos and continue the hit and run attacks on Peloponnesia.

5. What catastrophic event leads to the revolt of the Helots?
(a) A tidal wave in Sparta
(b) A wildfire in Sparta
(c) An earthquake in Sparta
(d) A famine in Sparta

Short Answer Questions

1. What indicates Athens' former military superiority as late as 412 BC?

2. After military setbacks, what disagreement arses between Nicias and Demosthenes?

3. When Alcibiades is eventually recalled for blasphemy, what does he do?

4. In the same year as the Plataea defeat, what is happening in Corcyra?

5. What success does Cleon have during the time of Book 5?

(see the answer key)

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