The Peloponnesian war.

Answer Sheet
a.

The war ..0..between Athens and

Sparta ..1.. than 400 years before the
birth of Christ resulted ..2.. the
defeat of Athens by the more
military power of Sparta. However,
Sparta's victory was ..3.. temporary,
and Athens went on to produce
philosophers ..4.. Aristotle, and
great orators, one
example ..5..Demosthenes.

0.

..6.. , one of the most significant

effects of the war was that ..7.. the
first real history ever written was
written about it . The writer, an
Athenian general ..8.. Thucydides,
had a passion for accuracy, and did
not use the myth and romance
which historians had used until ..9..
Not only was the history of
Thucydides factually accurate, it
was ..10.. written in splendid Greek.

3.

b.

c.

happen battle fought

a.

b.

c.

d.
fighted
d.

1.
over

much more
b.

a. by

2.

higher

c. for

d. in

c.

d.

with
a.
more

b.

really only
b.

a.
4.
example

finally

c.

d.

such
liking
as

that is

a.

b.

c.

d.

5.
was

like
a.

instance being
b.

c.

d.

6.
Only

In fact Instead

a.

b.

c.

However
d.

7.
almost

yet

a.

very
b.

c. for

actually
d.

8.
who was name example called
a.

b.

c.

d.

9.
before

then

a.

the end

b.

c.

10.
anyway also

has

recently
d. but

Answers
1. C

2. D

3. C

4. B

5. D

6. D

7. A

8. D

9. B

10. B