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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Scene 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Kinesias eagerly urges Myrrhine to __________ with him, but she stalls him.
(a) Leave the temple.
(b) Make love.
(c) Hold the baby.
(d) Eat.

2. What is NOT one of the things that happen when the Male Leader and the Female Leader meet?
(a) They embrace.
(b) They ridicule each other.
(c) They threaten each other.
(d) They challenge each other's right to speak.

3. The men think the women's plan is a cover for a plan by _________ to empty the Athenian Treasury.
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Naples.
(d) Sparta.

4. As Lysistrata talks with the ______________, some of the women try to run away.
(a) Male Leader.
(b) Chorus Sage.
(c) Goddess.
(d) Female Leader.

5. Who comes into the scene at the start of this part of the play?
(a) The Old Man.
(b) The Male Leader.
(c) Kinesias.
(d) The Commissioner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lysistrata does add that if the men ____________, then the women can go ahead, but take no pleasure in it.

2. When Lysistrata says they need one person to represent all the women in the oath, who is this person?

3. The Female Leaders talks about having invested her _________ in the life and worth of Athens.

4. Myrrhine says that she will come back if Kinesias stops the ___________.

5. The Male Leader finally submits to the Female Leader, calling to an end the _______________ they play on each other.

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