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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata says that she has been thinking about the state of ___________ for a long time.
(a) Men.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Greece.
(d) Women.

2. The _________ vow to fight with real, physical strength in the battle between the men and the women.
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Old Women.
(d) Old Men.

3. What can be heard as the two women pass a goblet back and forth?
(a) Gods.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Birds.
(d) Thunder.

4. Lysistrata says that when ___________ agrees, she is the only one who is worthy of being called a woman.
(a) Kleonike.
(b) Myrrhine.
(c) Boiotia.
(d) Lampito.

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

6. The Chorus of Women point out that the men have left Athens with ___________.
(a) Nothing.
(b) Terror.
(c) Ruins.
(d) Ash.

7. Who has seized the Treasury so the Commissioner cannot go through with his deal?
(a) Men.
(b) Spartans.
(c) Women.
(d) Rome.

8. Lysistrata does add that if the men ____________, then the women can go ahead, but take no pleasure in it.
(a) Insist.
(b) Say they will divorce them.
(c) Leave.
(d) Harm them.

9. Who appears with the four police officers at the start of this part of the play?
(a) Athene.
(b) President.
(c) Commissioner.
(d) Zeus.

10. What does the grabbing in #93 do to the Male Leader in the play?
(a) Makes him laugh.
(b) Kills him.
(c) Tips him over.
(d) Nothing.

11. Lysistrata tells the Commissioner to come back in a few days as they will make sure he is properly ___________.
(a) Shorn.
(b) Informed.
(c) Buried.
(d) Humiliated.

12. The Male Leader says that by taking the lead in the battle, he takes his place alongside the great ___________ of Athenian history.
(a) Heroes.
(b) Saints.
(c) Gods.
(d) Martyrs.

13. The Male Leader asks the Commissioner to arrest Lysistrata and the rest of the women in the name of ____________.
(a) Male honor.
(b) Mars.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Their families.

14. The Commissioner says he refuses to be told to be quiet by someone wearing a ___________.
(a) Veil.
(b) Bra.
(c) Dress.
(d) Sword.

15. As the wine is poured, the women in the group comment about how much it looks like _____________.
(a) Sweat.
(b) Blood.
(c) Tears.
(d) Soup.

Short Answer Questions

1. ____________ demands that Lysistrata tell the women why they are there for the meeting.

2. Who is the well-off young woman who decides to attend the meeting Lysistrata has called?

3. _____________ says she will bring he men of Sparta over to her plan, and then the plan can be extended.

4. Lysistrata admits that her plan also includes taking over ___________ Temple and the Akropolis.

5. The _______________ pour out of the temple, overwhelming the Commissioner and the men.

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