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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?
(a) Everyone that enrolls loses money.
(b) Everyone that enrolls is pale and ugly.
(c) Everyone that enrolls dies.
(d) Everyone that enrolls abandons betting.

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

3. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Pheidippides.
(d) Socrates.

4. What technique does Strepsiades use to justify the beatings he gave to his father?
(a) Cartesian logic.
(b) Sound logic.
(c) Twisted logic.
(d) Non-linear logic.

5. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?
(a) Shouting.
(b) Crying.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis do after the meeting with the Spartans?

2. How is Cleon outbid for support at the Boule?

3. What does the teacher eventually decide about Strepsiades?

4. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

5. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?

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