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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the results of Corinth's being alarmed during 421 BC?

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

3. What is the response to Nicias' communique during the winter of 414 BC?

4. What is the net result of Gylippus' demand for more and better triremes?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What feature of Thucydides' writing would not be acceptable in historical writing today?

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

4. How did Syracuse put the Athenian forces on the defensive?

5. What was Thucydides' intention for his history of the war in terms of future reference?

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

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

8. Who was the charismatic Athenian who promulgated an anti-Spartan alliance in the Peloponnesus? What weakness did he seem to have?

9. After Gylippus' arrival in Syracuse, what immediate conflict began between Syracuse and the Athenians?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the subject of slavery during the time of the Peloponnesian War. Stress the differences between Athens and Sparta over the treatment of slaves. Compare these differences with the differences in attitude between North and South in the American Civil War.

Essay Topic 2

Write a paper about the social structure of Sparta. Discuss the Helots in terms of both their benefit to the country and their threat. Discuss the Perioeci and why they had special privileges that even Spartans did not enjoy. Discuss Sparta as a good example of a totalitarian form of government.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the Greek phalanx which at one time was considered impregnable. Include the military innovations of the day which finally put an end to that form of warfare. Then discuss how military technology has changed warfare repeatedly down through the ages since the Peloponnesian war.

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