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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ____________ delivers a speech about how men have made a mess in the city for years as the women have sat by.
(a) Kleonike.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Lampito.

2. What is making the men in the Chorus choke as they are trying to reach the temple?
(a) The food they cooked.
(b) Smoke from the fire.
(c) Their own smell.
(d) The oil smell.

3. Lysistrata compares the life of a city to a __________ newly shaved off a sheep.
(a) Fuzz.
(b) Fluff.
(c) Fleece.
(d) Skein.

4. Lysistrata lets the women know there is already a group of older ___________ women waiting for her signal.
(a) Roman.
(b) Spartan.
(c) Athenian.
(d) Italian.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus of Men appears, carrying a pot containing ___________ and branches of wood.

2. The Commissioner gives a speech about how women use their _________________.

3. Lysistrata talks about unraveling the political and military situation in the city the same way one would unravel __________.

4. The ________ Leader grabs the __________ Leader and slips away, telling the Chorus of Women to fight back.

5. Lysistrata explains that her plan is to have the women abstain from ____________ in order to end the war.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the long story that the Magistrate tells at the start of the scene supposed to illustrate?

2. What do the Chorus of Men believe the women's plot is actually just a cover for?

3. What happens as Lysistrata talks to the Female Leader, proving her confession to the leader?

4. When the Female Leader speaks of having invested her sons in the life and worth of Athens, what does she suggest?

5. What does the Commissioner order the Chorus to do when he comes out of the temple?

6. What is the Messenger from Sparta trying to conceal underneath his cloak when he walks in?

7. What does Lysistrata remind the Commissioner when the women overwhelm the officers at the Akropolis?

8. As the men arrange the wood and themselves for the attack, who approaches them?

9. What is Kinesias wearing when he enters the Temple in order to talk to Myrrhine?

10. What does Kinesias plead for when he is talking to Lysistrata during this scene?

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