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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Lysistrata tells the women to be calm and wait for the spirit of _________ to fill the men so the attack can really begin.
(a) Peace.
(b) Love.
(c) War.
(d) Desire.

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

5. ____________ delivers a speech about how men have made a mess in the city for years as the women have sat by.
(a) Lampito.
(b) Kleonike.
(c) Lysistrata.
(d) Myrrhine.

6. What is NOT one of the things that happen when the Male Leader and the Female Leader meet?
(a) They embrace.
(b) They challenge each other's right to speak.
(c) They threaten each other.
(d) They ridicule each other.

7. Lysistrata begins the meeting by asking the women how they feel about their men being ___________.
(a) Dirty.
(b) Demanding of them.
(c) At war.
(d) Crass.

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

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

10. The men think the women's plan is a cover for a plan by _________ to empty the Athenian Treasury.
(a) Naples.
(b) Rome.
(c) Paris.
(d) Sparta.

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

12. The women urge themselves to have ____________ as they approach the men.
(a) Peace.
(b) Power.
(c) Committment.
(d) Courage.

13. Lysistrata says the first thing the women will do when they are in control is to rid the marketplace of ___________.
(a) Men.
(b) Soldiers.
(c) Pickpockets.
(d) Children.

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

15. What are the women of the Chorus of Women carrying as they notice the men?
(a) Matches.
(b) Pots of fire.
(c) Pitchers of water.
(d) Blankets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be heard as the two women pass a goblet back and forth?

2. The Chorus of Men take off their ________, revealing they are ready for battle.

3. Who is NOT one of the women who complain that since the men have been at war, they've hardly been home at all?

4. The _________ vow to fight with real, physical strength in the battle between the men and the women.

5. What does the Male Leader do to the Female Leader to cause her to lash out initially?

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