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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata is pacing at the start of the play, waiting for the women of ____________ to arrive.
(a) Paris.
(b) Rome.
(c) Cairo.
(d) Athens.

2. When the man becomes ___________, Lysistrata says that the woman should refuse to go all the way.
(a) Aroused.
(b) Naked.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Angry.

3. The women urge themselves to have ____________ as they approach the men.
(a) Power.
(b) Courage.
(c) Committment.
(d) Peace.

4. In thoughts of what does Kleonike begin to lose herself when she is talking with Lysistrata?
(a) Perfume.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Sex.
(d) Pretty clothes.

5. Instead, Kleonike suggests that the oath be sworn with a _____________.
(a) Stone.
(b) Dove.
(c) Cup of wine.
(d) Olive branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lysistrata points out that she wants women to gain ______________ through making themselves pretty.

2. Who is the pretty young woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the town?

3. Who is NOT one of the women who complain that since the men have been at war, they've hardly been home at all?

4. What is making the men in the Chorus choke as they are trying to reach the temple?

5. Lysistrata believes the women will make themselves so pretty that the men will not want to _____________.

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