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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is specifically targeted in Bdelycleon's counter-argument?
(a) The government as a whole.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Nobody is targeted.
(d) Siseron.

2. How is the chorus of old men dressed when they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?
(a) As birds.
(b) As donkeys.
(c) As wasps.
(d) As cats.

3. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?
(a) To borrow the beggar costume.
(b) To help him write a play.
(c) To have him write a speech.
(d) To go hunting with him.

4. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?
(a) They had good crops.
(b) They were built on loose soil.
(c) They were burned down by Spartans.
(d) They were sold to Sparta.

5. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?
(a) Strepsiades will soon create more debt.
(b) Strepsiades will soon be out of debt.
(c) Strepsiades will soon die.
(d) Strepsiades will soon create his own school.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Bdelycleon tries to sell the donkey himself?

2. What happens after Dicaeopolis finishes his speech to the crowd?

3. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

4. Who is being tried in the makeshift court Bdelycleon in his house at the end of The Wasps?

5. What is Strepsiades trying to do after relenting over beating Pheidippides?

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