The Landmark Thucydides 4.1 To 4.135
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- 1.Which Sicilian city revolted from Athens in the summer of the war's seventh year?
- A.
Syracuse
- B.
Locris
- C.
Rhegium
- D.
Messana
- 2.Why did Athens reject the treaty of peace and alliance offered by Sparta during the armistice at Pylos?
- A.
Cleon encouraged the Athenians to push for a more favorable peace settlement.
- B.
Pericles believed that the Spartans were only attempting to buy time.
- C.
Demosthenes convinced the Athenians that he could wipe out the Spartan force there.
- D.
The Spartans successfully broke the Athenian blockade and changed the offered terms.
- 3.How many Spartans were captured at Pylos?
- A.
300 hoplites
- B.
400 hoplites, including 20 Spartiates
- C.
292 hoplites, including 120 Spartiates
- D.
2,500 hoplites
- 4.A Spartiate was:
- A.
A female Spartan.
- B.
An elite Spartan.
- C.
A Spartan-in-training.
- D.
A Spartan elder.
- 5.Who finally won the bitter civil war in Corcyra?
- A.
The Corcyran People.
- B.
The Corcyran oligarchs.
- C.
The Athenians.
- D.
No one.
- 6.What inspired the Spartans to develop a mobile coast defense, complete with cavalry and archers?
- A.
The capture of their surrendered hoplites.
- B.
The success of the Aetolian peltasts at Aegitium.
- C.
The strategic insight of their best general, Brasidas.
- D.
The fear inspired by their losses at Pylos and Cythera.
- 7.How did Hemocrates convince the rival Sicilian cities to end their violent rivalries?
- A.
He brokered a fair settlement between the various parties.
- B.
He appealed to their fear of subjugation by Athens.
- C.
He threatened them with the might of Syracuse.
- D.
He convinced them to join the Peloponnesian League.
- 8.Why were the Athenian generals Pythodorus, Sophocles and Eurymedon prosecuted and punished by Athens?
- A.
They were unable to conquer Sicily.
- B.
They were traitors in the pay of Sparta.
- C.
They failed to prevent the Spartans captured at Pylos from escaping.
- D.
They failed to guard the Piraeus from a Spartan sneak attack.
- 9.Which non-Spartan army defeated the Athenians at Delium?
- A.
The Thracians.
- B.
The Macedonians.
- C.
The Boeotians.
- D.
The Megarans.
- 10.Who was the aggressive Spartan general who failed at Pylos, but successfully instigated revolts against Athens throughout Thrace and Thessaly?
- A.
Pagondas
- B.
Brasidas
- C.
Styphon
- D.
Epitadas
- 11.Why did the Athenians agree to a one-year armistice only two years after rejecting a peace offer from Sparta?
- A.
They wanted time to build more ships.
- B.
The defeat at Delium had left them short of infantry.
- C.
They were afraid of Brasidas encouraging more cities to revolt against them.
- D.
They were running short of money.
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