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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. _______________ tells Lysistrata that a peace oath can not be sworn on the item from #28.
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Boiotia.

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

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

7. Lysistrata looks at first for a _____________ upon which to swear an oath.
(a) Sword.
(b) Child.
(c) Shield.
(d) Knife.

8. The women talk about how they have grown from __________ into powerful womanhood.
(a) Girlhood.
(b) Silence.
(c) Slavery.
(d) Ignorance.

9. The men vow they will fight ______________ the same way they fought in the wars.
(a) The women.
(b) The priests.
(c) The government.
(d) Their desires.

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

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

12. What does the Male Leader do to the Female Leader to cause her to lash out initially?
(a) Laughs at her.
(b) Threatens her.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Tries to seduce her.

13. Kleonike reluctantly takes hold of the _____________ with Lysistrata.
(a) Parchment.
(b) Sword.
(c) Goblet.
(d) Shield.

14. The ________ Leader grabs the __________ Leader and slips away, telling the Chorus of Women to fight back.
(a) Male/Old Woman.
(b) Female/Old Man.
(c) Male/Female.
(d) Female/Male.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lysistrata reminds the Commissioner to never underestimate the power of ____________.

2. Lysistrata says that she has been thinking about the state of ___________ for a long time.

3. Lysistrata begins the meeting by asking the women how they feel about their men being ___________.

4. Lysistrata notes that when women offered suggestions, they were told to be ____________.

5. Lysistrata does add that if the men ____________, then the women can go ahead, but take no pleasure in it.

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