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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata explains that her plan is to have the women abstain from ____________ in order to end the war.
(a) Bathing.
(b) Hair brushing.
(c) Temple.
(d) Sexual relations.

2. To whom do the Women pray in order to have strength and guidance?
(a) Hera.
(b) Riyana
(c) Athene.
(d) Artemis.

3. Lysistrata lets the women know there is already a group of older ___________ women waiting for her signal.
(a) Italian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Athenian.
(d) Spartan.

4. Lysistrata reminds the Commissioner to never underestimate the power of ____________.
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Peace.
(d) Ignorance.

5. Who reassures Lysistrata that the women will show up for the meeting she has called?
(a) Athene.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Boiotia.
(d) Kleonike.

6. ____________ says she has no concerns with making this plan work with the men of Sparta.
(a) Kleonike.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Lampito.
(d) Myrrhine.

7. The Commissioner says that as ____________, they are responsible for what is happening.
(a) Officers.
(b) Elders.
(c) Females.
(d) Males.

8. Who is told to go to Sparta to spread the word about the plan of Lysistrata?
(a) Kleonike.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Boiotia.

9. What does Lysistrata say the women will do for the men, which angers the Commissioner?
(a) Seduce them.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Rescue them.
(d) Overpower them.

10. What does the Female Leader hit the Male Leader with before running back?
(a) Shield.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Sword.
(d) Book.

11. The _______________ pour out of the temple, overwhelming the Commissioner and the men.
(a) Women.
(b) Goddesses.
(c) Animals.
(d) Children.

12. Who is the pretty young woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the town?
(a) Lampito.
(b) Myrrhine.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Maria.

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

14. What does the Female Leader grab before running back to the women?
(a) Male Leader's ankle.
(b) Male Leader's helmet.
(c) Male Leader's sword.
(d) Male Leader's shield.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women remove in order to show that they too are dressed for battle?

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

3. The women talk about how they have grown from __________ into powerful womanhood.

4. What does the Male Leader do to the Female Leader to cause her to lash out initially?

5. The only way that Greece can attain unity and ________ is if the women take control, according to Lysistrata.

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