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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata points out that she wants women to gain ______________ through making themselves pretty.
(a) Peace.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Honor.
(d) Respect.

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

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

4. The Chorus of Men take off their ________, revealing they are ready for battle.
(a) Armor.
(b) Cloaks.
(c) Helmets.
(d) Pants.

5. Lysistrata wraps the Commissioner up in a piece of __________ to represent a shroud.
(a) Lambskin.
(b) Silk.
(c) Wool.
(d) Leather.

6. What does Lysistrata have in her hand that helps her block the advances of the officers?
(a) Spindle.
(b) Knife.
(c) Sword.
(d) Baton.

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

8. What does the Commissioner tell the officers to use in order to pry open the doors to the Akropolis?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Swords.
(c) Crowbars.
(d) Knives.

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

10. Who is NOT one of the women who complain that since the men have been at war, they've hardly been home at all?
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Lysistrata.

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

12. Lysistrata complains to her friend that if there is a ____________, the women are there in a hurry.
(a) Orgy.
(b) Meeting.
(c) Festival.
(d) Wedding.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom do the Women pray in order to have strength and guidance?

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

4. Lysistrata is pacing at the start of the play, waiting for the women of ____________ to arrive.

5. The men think the women's plan is a cover for a plan by _________ to empty the Athenian Treasury.

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