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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 military plan is put into effect in response to Nicias' request?
(a) Demosthenes declines to get involved in the war.
(b) Demosthenes becomes the first casualty of the naval war.
(c) Demosthenes commands a large group of hoplites who are taken to Syracuse by ship.
(d) Demosthenes prepares to lead a fleet to Sicily while another Athenian fleet raids along the Peloponnesus.

2. What happens at Amphipolis?
(a) Cleon loses his right arm in the battle at Amphipolis.
(b) Brasidas is defeated by Cleon's forces.
(c) Cleon is defeated by an audacious attack by Brasidas and both generals are killed in the fighting.
(d) There is a great battle that ended in a stand-off.

3. When Alcibiades is eventually recalled for blasphemy, what does he do?
(a) He flees to Sparta.
(b) He hires Socrates to defend him.
(c) He tears up the summons.
(d) He goes to Alexandria.

4. What s Sparta's excuse to resume major hostilities against Athens?
(a) The continue raids in Lycos.
(b) Athens refuses to receive Spartan envoys.
(c) Alcibiades informs Sparta that Athens is out of money.
(d) Athens has allied with Argos against the Spartans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What unexplainable surprising event takes place with the patriotic Athenian army?

2. What is happening to the once invincible hoplite phalanx?

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

4. In 422 BC, what is the financial condition of Athens?

5. After the demise of Athenian democracy, what political force gains control?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What shenanigan was attributed to Alcibiades prior to his setting sail for Sicily?

5. During the so-called peace of Nicias, what marked the military conflict between Athens and Sparta?

6. To what did Thucydides attribute the final rout of the Athenian navy in the harbor at Syracuse?

7. What explanation is given to the stylistic density and complexity of History of the Peloponnesian War?

8. In 422 BC, what caused the popularity of the Athenian general, Cleon, to rise?

9. Besides a war history, what value is placed on the History of the Peloponnesian War?

10. How did the peace of Nicias finally break down?

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