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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata explains that withholding the _____________ means the men will be unable to go to war.
(a) Money.
(b) Sex.
(c) Temple.
(d) Children.

2. What does the Male Leader do to the Female Leader when he approaches her?
(a) Kisses her.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Hits her.
(d) Trips her.

3. The _______________ pour out of the temple, overwhelming the Commissioner and the men.
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Goddesses.
(d) Animals.

4. What does the Commissioner tell the officers to use in order to pry open the doors to the Akropolis?
(a) Crowbars.
(b) Cannons.
(c) Knives.
(d) Swords.

5. The Female Leader mocks the ____________ passed by men after the women remove another layer of clothes.
(a) Phalluses.
(b) Gods.
(c) Children.
(d) Laws.

6. When Lysistrata says they need one person to represent all the women in the oath, who is this person?
(a) Kleonike.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Boiotia.

7. Lysistrata notes that when women offered suggestions, they were told to be ____________.
(a) Louder.
(b) Subservient.
(c) Obedient.
(d) Quiet.

8. Lampito does wonder about the men of ______________, though Sparta does seem to be reasonable.
(a) Athens.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Rome.
(d) Paris.

9. Lysistrata tells the Commissioner to come back in a few days as they will make sure he is properly ___________.
(a) Informed.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Buried.
(d) Shorn.

10. The Male and Female Chorus Leaders argue about who has the right to ____________, men or women.
(a) Peace.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Violence.

11. ____________ says she has no concerns with making this plan work with the men of Sparta.
(a) Kleonike.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Lysistrata.
(d) Myrrhine.

12. To whom do the Women pray in order to have strength and guidance?
(a) Riyana
(b) Hera.
(c) Athene.
(d) Artemis.

13. Who has seized the Treasury so the Commissioner cannot go through with his deal?
(a) Men.
(b) Rome.
(c) Spartans.
(d) Women.

14. Kleonike reminds Lysistrata that women are supposed to be pretty, ornamental, and __________.
(a) Loud.
(b) Sexy.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Quiet.

15. Who is the pretty young woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the town?
(a) Maria.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Myrrhine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that happen when the Male Leader and the Female Leader meet?

2. The Commissioner condemns the Chorus for fighting in the _____________.

3. The women are now armed with ___________ to fight off the attack by the men and the soldiers.

4. The men vow they will fight ______________ the same way they fought in the wars.

5. What do the women remove in order to show that they too are dressed for battle?

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