I. Write a factual paragraph about three (3) of the following. The important questions to answer are: who or what? when? (don't forget the date) where? why? how? and so what? (i.e., describe important action(s), principle(s) or result(s) for each answer). SOME GOOD ADVICE: Please be very careful choosing items to answer; you will receive ZERO CREDIT even if you write an answer, correct in itself, about a person or thing not on this list. A minimal identification without discussion will not receive full credit. 10 points each
II. Cross out any three of the following events. Arrange the remaining 15 in chronological order, earliest to latest, writing the number in the space provided. "Peloponnesian war" not qualified as first or second means the second, the subject of Thucydides' history. 15 points
At the study session I offered this example from the period covered by the last test:
Ionian Revolt
Darius invades Scythia
Death of Leonidas
Battle of Marathon
The easiest thing, if you remember exact dates, is to write the dates and then put the events in order. If you don't, remember what has to come first. Leonidas died at the battle of Thermopylae (480), which occurred during Xerxes' invasion of Greece. By the time Xerxes was king, Darius had died, so this has to be the last event in the list because Darius is involved with the other three. If faced with something that lasted for a long time, such as the Ionian Revolt, go with the first year (499). The Battle of Marathon occurred because Darius sent an invasion of Greece to punish the Athenians for helping in the Ionian Revolt. The only problematical event is the date of Darius' activities in Scythia; if you remember, this was before the Ionian revolt, around 516. So the proper numbers to write for the above list are: 2, 1, 4, 3
Gobbets III. A. Choose three passages and place them in their historical context: give appropriate factual detail (a list is acceptable) about the date, specific circumstance(s) and/or person(s) referred to, and what is especially important or interesting therein. 10 points each
Gobbets III. B. Choose one passage, place it in its appropriate context (see instructions under A), and discuss the history and wider ramifications of the situation described. 25 points [this is actually an essay based upon a factual event but describing how that particular event has broader ramifications, or was similar to many other events elsewhere]