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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata explains that withholding the _____________ means the men will be unable to go to war.
(a) Sex.
(b) Children.
(c) Money.
(d) Temple.

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

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

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

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

6. The Female Leader suggests the men have wasted the ___________ invested in peace by their grandfathers.
(a) Funds.
(b) Rules.
(c) Honor.
(d) Ideals.

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

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

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

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

11. The ______________ tells the Commissioner to be quiet and to look at the injuries that have been done.
(a) Male Leader.
(b) Old Man.
(c) Woman Leader.
(d) Old Woman.

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

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

14. The Commissioner goes into a story about how women fighting for their rights brings ______________.
(a) Gender wars.
(b) Moral chaos.
(c) Peace.
(d) Better understanding.

15. _____________ says she will bring he men of Sparta over to her plan, and then the plan can be extended.
(a) Lysistrata.
(b) Myrrhine.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Boiotia.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Commissioner says that as ____________, they are responsible for what is happening.

4. What does the Commissioner tell the officers to use in order to pry open the doors to the Akropolis?

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

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