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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?

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

3. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?

4. What are Bdelycleon and his father, Philocleon's, views on Cleon?

5. What is Pheidippides' vice as introduced in the beginning of The Clouds?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aristophanes portray the Athenian political system in The Knights?

2. In The Wasps, what does the dog's trial teach us about Philocleon's ballot habit?

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

4. How is Socrates' school portrayed in The Clouds?

5. Where does Strepsiades want to enroll his son Pheidippides in The Clouds?

6. Why did the gods leave heaven in the Peace?

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

8. In Peace, what prevented peace form coming back according to Trygaeus and Hermes?

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

10. Who replaces Strepsiades at the school in The Clouds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Assemblywomen with one of the other plays featuring women, such as Lysistrata. Discuss the similarities and differences in theme, tone and other elements of each of the plays.

Essay Topic 2

Aristophanes often examines gender roles in his writing. Assemblywomen discusses the differences, relationships, and tension created among men and women in ancient Greece. What does Aristophanes illustrate in the women's temporary adoption of the male gender? What statement is he trying to make? Use the play to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Aristophanes expresses his sentiments about the Pelopennesian Wars in Acharnians. Describe his feelings and explain what he hopes to achieve. Give examples from Acharnians to support your discussion.

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