View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Peace, why is War leaving heaven after his servant returns empty handed from earth?
(a) He needs to find new pestle.
(b) He wants more salad.
(c) He needs to go find the other gods.
(d) He wants to renounce his godhood.

2. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?
(a) Not doing his share of chores.
(b) Weaseling his way into a position of trust for personal gain.
(c) Not cleaning the beetle's stall.
(d) Cooking bad food and accusing them.

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

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

5. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?
(a) A sausage vendor.
(b) A god.
(c) A backer.
(d) A general.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who enrolls in the think-shop in Pheidippides' stead?

2. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?

3. Who greets Trygaeus upon his arrival at the gates of heaven?

4. What does Dicaeopolis agree to?

5. What is the chorus of old men doing after they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Demosthenes and Nicias portrayed as slaves in The Knights?

2. What does Philocleon do before the arrival of The Wasps?

3. What does Demos and the sausage merchant think of the future at the end of The Knights?

4. Who are Demosthenes and Nicias in The Knights and in reality?

5. What is Dicaeopolis waiting for at the beginning of Acharnians and why?

6. How does Bdelycleon trick the wasps into a debate?

7. What reversal of fortune does Philocleon experience at the end of The Wasps?

8. What are the two slaves doing at the start of the Peace?

9. Why is Cleon portrayed as a betraying slave in The Knights?

10. What arguments does Dicaeopolis' use before the crowd while his head is on the chopping block?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 715 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample