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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What practice does Thucydides not value other than recognizing its effect on politics and the military?
(a) Reading omens in the stars
(b) Visiting the oracles
(c) Praying to Apollo
(d) Casting lots

2. What happens in 411 BC to the Athenian democracy after the defeat at Syracuse?
(a) The democracy splits into three separate factions.
(b) All the leaders resign in helplessness.
(c) Martial law is declared to restore order and democracy.
(d) Athenian democracy collapses under the pressure of assassinations and military defeat.

3. What is happening to the once invincible hoplite phalanx?
(a) It is becoming ineffective against new weapons and tactics.
(b) It is no longer being used by the Athenians.
(c) It is failing because it had been overused.
(d) It is becoming too expensive to mount.

4. What is the final year in Thucydides' history?
(a) 411 BC
(b) 404 BC
(c) 412 BC
(d) 399 BC

5. What removes Syracuse, Sicily, and Italy from the text of Thucydides' history?
(a) The defeat and rout of the Athenians
(b) Sparta turing its attention on Thrace
(c) The eruption of Mt. Aetna
(d) Athens' ultimate defeat of Syracuse

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Thucydides writing his History of the Peloponnesian War?

2. Why is Alcibiades not brought to trial immediately after the vandalism for which he is blamed?

3. Stylistically speaking, what is the quality of Thucydides' text?

4. Why are the Peloponnesian triremes better equipped?

5. What is the first step in the unraveling of the Athenian force?

Short Essay Questions

1. What design changes in the new Peloponnesian triremes made them more effective against the Athenian navy?

2. What happened in Athens after the revolt of Euboea?

3. What happened to the dialogue between Melos and Athens?

4. In 411 BC, what happened to Athenian democracy?

5. What was the mindset of Athens after the defeats at Syracuse?

6. How did the arrival of Gylippus made a difference in the Athenian attack on Syracuse?

7. What was so alarming about the revolt of Chios?

8. After the defeat at Syracuse, what was the condition of of the Athenian league?

9. Aside from the disintegration of Athens and its allies, what was the political/military condition of the Grecian world in 412 BC?

10. What historical turning point is inaugurated by Athens in 415 BC?

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