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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lysistrata, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Nicarchus denounce the Thebian?
(a) He is actually a spy.
(b) His doormats will fall apart.
(c) His lampwicks may set fire to the Docks.
(d) His food will poison the people.

2. According to the Chorus of Acharnians, who can cure all strife?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Young Eros.
(c) The Graces.
(d) Aphrodite.

3. What is not a part of the costume Dikaiopolis assembles?
(a) Walking-stick.
(b) Floppy hat, rim falling off.
(c) Drinking cup, chipped at the rim.
(d) Wicker basket, burnt by a lamp.

4. In Lysistrata, what are the men going to do with the first woman to exit the temple?
(a) Burn her at the stake.
(b) Offer her as sacrifice for occupying the temple.
(c) Banish her.
(d) Tie her up.

5. Who does Dikaiopolis meet after he leaves the assembly for home?
(a) Amphitheus.
(b) Theorus.
(c) The assembly.
(d) The Chorus of Acharnians .

Short Answer Questions

1. What do The Chorus of Old Men carry onto the stage in their first appearance in Lysistrata?

2. What pair enter from the school as Strepsiades instructs Socrates what to teach Pheidippides?

3. After the Magistrate runs off to "show his colleagues" what the women did to him, who comes out on stage?

4. According to Calonice's first conversation with Lysistrata, which of the following are not part of what a woman can do?

5. Lamachus requests what at the end of the play, The Acharnians?

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