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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Female Leader notice from the men's pots so she tells the women to stop?
(a) Wood.
(b) Oil.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Ashes.

2. The Commissioner demands to know why they women are so concerned about ____________.
(a) Money.
(b) Sex.
(c) Peace.
(d) Power.

3. Kleonike tells Lysistrata to be _______ as women are supposed to be good for only certain things.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Honest.
(c) Humble.
(d) Practical.

4. The Chorus of Men remove another layer of clothing to give the women a whiff of _____________.
(a) Sweat.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Manhood.
(d) Power.

5. The Male and Female Chorus Leaders argue about who has the right to ____________, men or women.
(a) Peace.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Violence.

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

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

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

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

10. Lysistrata explains that the women must make themselves as _____________ as they can.
(a) Busy.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Homely.
(d) Unavailable.

11. Lysistrata talks about unraveling the political and military situation in the city the same way one would unravel __________.
(a) Cotton.
(b) Wool.
(c) Grass.
(d) Vines.

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

13. The women also complain about how hard it was to fill their _______________.
(a) Pitchers.
(b) Dresses.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Bathtubs.

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

15. Who is the big strapping woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the area?
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Boiotia.
(d) Kleonike.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man becomes ___________, Lysistrata says that the woman should refuse to go all the way.

2. Lysistrata lets the women know there is already a group of older ___________ women waiting for her signal.

3. What does Lysistrata have in her hand that helps her block the advances of the officers?

4. Kleonike reluctantly takes hold of the _____________ with Lysistrata.

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

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