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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who greets Trygaeus upon his arrival at the gates of heaven?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Hera.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Zeus.

2. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?
(a) He loves drinking.
(b) He loves the courts.
(c) He loves women.
(d) He loves women.

3. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?
(a) Athens' government.
(b) Zeus.
(c) The chorus.
(d) Demos.

4. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?
(a) Not to clean the house.
(b) Not to follow him on another beetle.
(c) Not to go to Sparta.
(d) Not to pass gas or use the bathroom for 3 days.

5. What prevented peace from being released sooner according to Trygaeus and Hermes?
(a) The beetle.
(b) War profiteering.
(c) Generals.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the think-shop, who is Strepsiades presented to after his enrollment?

2. What is the relationship between Strepsiades and Pheidippides?

3. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?

4. How does Bdelycleon propose to settle the dispute between him and the Wasps concerning his father?

5. What are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?

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