View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Strepsiades eventually get rid of the Second Creditor?
(a) The Second Creditor gives up.
(b) Strepsiades assults the Second Creditor.
(c) Strepsiades pays his debt.
(d) Strepsiades talks himself out of the debt.

2. Who throws off a cloak at the end of the debate between Right and Wrong, running out into the audience wearing female clothing?
(a) Right.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Pheidippides.

3. In The Clouds, what is the First Creditor collecting for?
(a) The ash-colored horse.
(b) The stable fees.
(c) The chariot.
(d) The pony.

4. The Athenian women of Lysistrata are impressed with Lampito's what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Physical form.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Hair.

5. What object does Lysistrata use as a metaphor to show how they will solve Greece's problems?
(a) A tangled skein of wool.
(b) A field of flowers in spring.
(c) A day-old loaf of bread.
(d) A skin of wine, not yet aged.

6. Lysistrata comes out from the Acropolis and meets Stratyllis, how does she act?
(a) She is thoughtful and smirking.
(b) She is happy and victorious.
(c) She is aggitated and paces.
(d) She sings and dances.

7. What is notable about the Spartan garments?
(a) They are all blue.
(b) They are all split on the side.
(c) They button up the back.
(d) They are all red.

8. In Part 1, Calonice tells Lysistrata that Athenians can always be relied on to be what?
(a) Early.
(b) Fast.
(c) Late.
(d) Athletic.

9. As they fighting goes on between the Choruses, who "accepts defeat for the time being"?
(a) Stratyllis.
(b) Lampito.
(c) The Chorus of Old Men.
(d) The Chorus of Old Women.

10. Who is the first woman to join Lysistrata?
(a) Lampito.
(b) Calonice.
(c) Cinesias.
(d) Myrrhine.

11. According to Calonice's first conversation with Lysistrata, which of the following are not part of what a woman can do?
(a) Look pretty.
(b) Sit at home.
(c) Wear giant slippers.
(d) Speak for herself.

12. In Lysistrata, after the Acropolis is opened, is it apparent that there are more men or women in the stand-off?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Men, but the women are smarter.
(d) Women, but the men are more powerful.

13. In the debate, Right advocates what activity over chattering at the market?
(a) Reading.
(b) Exercising.
(c) Writing.
(d) Thinking.

14. In Part 3 of Lysistrata, what moves the first woman to exit the temple and face the Magistrate to do so?
(a) She went on her own free will.
(b) The men started to smoke out the women.
(c) The men told her the gods would strike her down.
(d) The men took a crowbar to the door.

15. Who is the leader of The Chorus of Old Women in Lysistrata?
(a) Lampito.
(b) Calonice.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Stratyllis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lysistrata suggest the Magistrate and all the men do?

2. According to Lysistrata, as she speaks to Stratylis, what are the women doing that upsets her so much?

3. The Men's leader must give up onions in order to do what?

4. The Women tell a story of Timon to the Men. According to the women, Timon hated men. What didn't Timon hate?

5. Strepsiades tells the First Creditor he would make a very good what?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 546 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample