The Landmark Thucydides 5.1 To 5.116
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- 1.Why did Brasidas conclude that Cleon was incompetent despite his past successes at Pylos, Torone, and Galepsus.
- A.
Cleon neglected to protect his artillery with an infantry screen.
- B.
Cleon insisted on assaulting enemy line formations in a column.
- C.
Cleon exposed his army to an enemy army without expecting battle.
- D.
Cleon had failed to make use of superior Athenian sea transport capabilities.
- 2.How was Brasidas mortally wounded in the rout at Amphipolis that killed 600 Athenians, including Cleon, at the cost of only 7 Spartans?
- A.
He took the wound while killing Cleon in a duel of the two commanders.
- B.
He took the wound while leading a surprise charge from the front.
- C.
He was struck in the eye by an arrow.
- D.
He took the wound in the ankle, where his mother had held him while dipping him in the waters of the Styx.
- 3.How long was the peace treaty made after the battle of Amphipolis between the Athenians and the Spartans and their allies supposed to last?
- A.
10 years
- B.
30 years
- C.
50 years
- D.
100 years
- 4.Why did Sparta enter into an alliance with Athens during the winter that followed the treaty made in the spring?
- A.
Several of the Spartan's allies, including the Boetians, would not accept the treaty.
- B.
The Spartan war party refused to accept the treaty.
- C.
The Athenian war party refused to accept the treaty.
- D.
Several of the Athenian allies, including the Corcyrans, would not accept the treaty.
- 5.What new alliance appeared and created a potential threat to the general peace of Greece?
- A.
Corcyra and Thebes.
- B.
Syracuse and Lesbos.
- C.
Megara and Heraclea
- D.
Corinth and Argos.
- 6.What was the difference between the two parties' initial failures to abide by the terms of the peace treaty?
- A.
Athens's failures happened because they could not get a majority vote to approve them.
- B.
Sparta's failures were dependent upon the actions of unwilling third parties.
- C.
None, the two parties both abided fully with the terms of the peace treaty.
- D.
None, neither party ever had any intention of abiding by the terms of the peace treaty.
- 7.Why did the four Boetian councils refuse to ally with the new league constructed around the Argos-Corinth alliance?
- A.
They did not realize that the Spartan ephors favored it.
- B.
They feared that doing so would provoke a new war with Athens.
- C.
They feared that doing so would provoke a war with Sparta.
- D.
They saw no advantage to themselves in concerning themselves with the matter.
- 8.What Athenian politician's interference with the Argive-Spartan truce led to a brief Argive-Spartan alliance, then a revolution and an Argive-Spartan war.
- A.
Niceas
- B.
Pericles
- C.
Socrates
- D.
Alcibiades
- 9.What Spartan colony was surrounded by Athenian forces in the 5th year of the peace treaty and demanded to surrender?
- A.
Herclea
- B.
Melos
- C.
Sphacteria
- D.
Pylos
- 10.What was the argument made by the Athenians in justifying their demand for a Melian surrender?
- A.
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
- B.
Athenian democracy was better than Spartan oligarchy.
- C.
The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.
- D.
From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs.
- 11.Why did the Athenians reject the Melian offer of friendly neutrality?
- A.
They did not trust the Melians because of their blood ties to Sparta.
- B.
They saw benefit in either crushing opposition or forcing surrender, but none in friendship.
- C.
They knew the Melians were simply hoping to buy time until Spartan reinforcements could come.
- D.
They were being encouraged to attack Melos by the Corcyrans.
- 12.AWhat was the result of the Melian surrender to Athens?
- A.
The oligarchs were removed and democracy was established.
- B.
Trade between the two cities increased and Melos became wealthy.
- C.
The population was forcibly exiled to Sparta.
- D.
The men were killed, the women and children were enslaved.
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