The Landmark Thucydides 3.1 To 3.116
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- 1.What powerful city led the entire island of Lesbos, except Methymna, into rebellion against Athens in the fourth year of the war.
- A.
Thebes
- B.
Sparta
- C.
Corinth
- D.
Mytilene
- 2.Why did the Mytilenians tell the Spartans they were rebelling against Athens.
- A.
Because they hoped to share in the spoils of a conquered Athens.
- B.
Because Athens had enslaved all her other allies.
- C.
Because they were afraid the Athenians would lose the war.
- D.
Because the Spartans were willing to bribe them to switch sides.
- 3.How many warships did Athens have on active service at sea during this summer.
- A.
35
- B.
150
- C.
250
- D.
400
- 4.Who was the Athenian most responsible for convincing the Athenians to vote to put the entire population of Mytilene to death.
- A.
Pericles
- B.
Themistocles
- C.
Diodotus
- D.
Cleon
- 5.Why did the Plataeans argue they should be spared by the Spartan judges to whom they appealed after surrendering the city.
- A.
Because during the Persian War, they had fought with the Spartans against the Persians and the Thebans had fought against the Spartans.
- B.
Because executing them would have been a violation of the Geneva Convention.
- C.
Because Athens would seek vengeance for their deaths.
- D.
Because they had been of service to the Spartans during the war.
- 6.Which Athenian ally experienced a bloody revolution which caused it to temporarily withdraw from the Delian League?
- A.
Mytilene
- B.
Plataea
- C.
Corcyra
- D.
Potidaea
- 7.What was the cause of "every form of iniquity" taking root in Hellenic countries, according to Thucydides?
- A.
The plague
- B.
Revolution
- C.
Athenian imperialism
- D.
The love of money
- 8.Select BOTH of the two reasons given by Thucydides for the Athenian decision to send a fleet to Sicily.
- A.
To forestall a rebellion at Leontini
- B.
To prevent corn from being exported to the Peloponnesus.
- C.
To obtain more lumber in order to build more ships.
- D.
To test the possibility of conquering Sicily
- 9.What was the name of the new city-colony established by Sparta near Thermopylae, the pass made famous by King Leonidas?
- A.
Melos
- B.
New Sparta
- C.
Heraclea
- D.
Leonidas
- 10.How did the Aetolians manage to defeat the Athenian army led by Demosthenes at Aegitium?
- A.
Their lightly armed javelinists were able to prevent the hoplites from closing with them.
- B.
They bribed the Athenians' Messenian guide to lead them into an ambush.
- C.
They significantly outnumbered the Athenians.
- D.
Demonsthenes was an inept general.
- 11.How did Demosthenes defeat a larger Peloponnesian army led by Eurylochus at Amphilochia?
- A.
He made use of the mobile tactics previously used against him by the Aetolians.
- B.
His pre-battle speech so inspired the Athenians that they overwhelmed the Ambraciots on the Peloponnesian left.
- C.
He set up an ambush that hit the enemy's left wing from behind once they were engaged.
- D.
He built a very large line of forts and trenches that forced the Peloponnesians to attack him in a strong defensive position.
- 12.What rare event marked the end of the sixth year of the war?
- A.
A strange star appeared in the skies for many nights.
- B.
Mount Etna erupted.
- C.
An asteroid struck the Acropolis.
- D.
A tidal wave struck the western coast of the Peloponnesus.
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