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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. Lysistrata begins the meeting by asking the women how they feel about their men being ___________.
(a) At war.
(b) Dirty.
(c) Crass.
(d) Demanding of them.

2. What does the Female Leader notice from the men's pots so she tells the women to stop?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Wood.
(c) Ashes.
(d) Oil.

3. What do the women fling at the men in order to douse their aggression?
(a) Oil.
(b) Water.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Blankets.

4. What does the Male Leader do to the Female Leader to cause her to lash out initially?
(a) Threatens her.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Laughs at her.
(d) Tries to seduce her.

5. Instead, Kleonike suggests that the oath be sworn with a _____________.
(a) Dove.
(b) Cup of wine.
(c) Olive branch.
(d) Stone.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is NOT one of the women who complain that since the men have been at war, they've hardly been home at all?

4. Who is the well-off young woman who decides to attend the meeting Lysistrata has called?

5. Who is the big strapping woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the area?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Old Man have to say about the hunter in the story that they have told?

2. What do to the women talk about as they prepare for battle with the men?

3. What are the Chorus of Men carrying when they enter the scene at the beginning of Part 2?

4. What does Kinesias have to share when he comes out of the temple, though he first talks like a Spartan?

5. What does Kleonike tell Lysistrata that women are good for, and she says this is only practical to think this?

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

7. After Lysistrata disappears to get Myrrhine, what does Kinesias complain about?

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

9. Why do the Chorus of Men remove another layer of clothing, as they explain to the women?

10. What kinds of crude jokes does the Commissioner make to the Messenger from Sparta?

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