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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. One of the women's complaints is that they are _____________ in the Akropolis when they come out to talk to Lysistrata.
(a) Sick.
(b) Drunk.
(c) Dirty.
(d) Lonely.

2. Who is the person who is coming up the temple and is seen by Lysistrata?
(a) Kinesias.
(b) The General.
(c) Male Leader.
(d) The Commissioner.

3. The women begin to offer Lysistrata excuses why they need to be __________ instead of there.
(a) At the hospital.
(b) At home.
(c) On the battlefield.
(d) Sleeping.

4. Myrrhine says that she _________ Kinesias, but she also realizes that he does not love her.
(a) Loves.
(b) Wants.
(c) Misses.
(d) Understands.

5. The Female Leader promises the Male Leader she will free the ____________ in him.
(a) Animal.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Peace.
(d) Rage.

6. Who dresses the Male Leader in his robes and tunic again, though the Male Leader doesn't think this gesture is sincere?
(a) Lysistrata.
(b) The Commissioner.
(c) Female Leader.
(d) Kleonike.

7. The male figure in the story goes out into the forest in order to avoid ____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Men.
(c) War.
(d) Women.

8. Who makes way for the women, the Athenians and the Spartans to leave the temple?
(a) The slave.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) The Messenger.

9. What does Kinesias say he will do when he becomes more and more frustrated with Myrrhine?
(a) Think about it.
(b) Hurt her.
(c) Set a fire to the temple.
(d) Pray to Athene.

10. What is NOT one of the things Kinesias feels Myrrhine should be ashamed of since she has left?
(a) Letting the house become untidy.
(b) Refusing her husband.
(c) Fighting the war.
(d) Leaving her child.

11. One of the Spartans speaks in a long verse that praises _________________.
(a) The Athenians.
(b) The Commissioner.
(c) Kinesias.
(d) Lysistrata

12. Kinesias says that the __________ has not been fed or bathed in a week since Myrrhine has left.
(a) Horse.
(b) Slave.
(c) Maid.
(d) Baby.

13. _____________ says she understands that the women are lonely, but that they must be strong.
(a) Lysistrata.
(b) Kleonike.
(c) Lampito.
(d) Boiotia.

14. The Commissioner tells the Messenger to go to _________________ and tell the government to negotiate for peace.
(a) Sparta.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Rome.
(d) Athens.

15. What does Kinesias call sex - the Rites of _______________.
(a) Eros.
(b) Athene.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Aphrodite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Kinesias comes in with the Athenians and demands to see ________________.

2. The male figure in the men's story is a ______________ who goes out to live in the forest.

3. The Chorus of Men warn that there is an angry __________ that will attack anybody.

4. Who makes crude jokes about the frustrated man who entered the scene before them?

5. _____________ says that women may be hairless, but they are still mighty.

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