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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Clouds, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dikaiopolis enlist to help him before the trial?
(a) Amphitheus.
(b) Lamachus.
(c) Theorus.
(d) Euripides.

2. What does Dikaiopolis take as tax from the Thebian?
(a) A plant.
(b) Jam.
(c) A doorman.
(d) Eels.

3. When Strepsiades returns home from the school, Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes someone doesn't exist. Who is that?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Peace.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Cleon.

4. What is the name of the school Pheidippides is to attend?
(a) The Ruminator.
(b) The Thoughtery.
(c) The Thinkery.
(d) The Thinkerator.

5. According to Socrates, why does a gnat make a humming noise?
(a) That's just the sound it makes.
(b) Wind goes straight through its intestinal passage. It's a gnat fart.
(c) The speed of its wings produce a sound.
(d) It's a mating call.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word best describes the way Socrates speaks to Strepsiades?

2. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?

3. Why doesn't the Chorus want War at his parties?

4. Who or what are the Chorus of Acharnians looking for when they make their first appearance?

5. What did Dercetes lose?

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