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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wasps.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis agree to?
(a) To go back to Sparta.
(b) To put his head on the chopping block while he makes his case to the crowd.
(c) To talk to the assembly to help lower taxes.
(d) To enlist in Athens' army.

2. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?
(a) Dressed as a bird.
(b) Dressed as a woman.
(c) On his hand.
(d) Naked.

3. Upon his arrival at the think-shop, how is Strepsiades greeted?
(a) Somebody takes his cloak.
(b) Somebody takes his toga.
(c) Somebody takes his shoes.
(d) Somebody takes his gloves.

4. How is Cleon's rival able to win?
(a) By being a better sausage merchant.
(b) By being more shameless.
(c) By being better at logic than Cleon.
(d) By running faster.

5. What does Bdelycleon order his slaves to do?
(a) To replace the wood door with a steel door.
(b) To cap the chimney.
(c) To wall the door.
(d) To nail the door.

Short Answer Questions

1. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

2. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?

3. What became of Pheidippides?

4. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?

5. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

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