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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _________ tells Lysistrata that the men of Greece have all agreed to her terms.
(a) Old Woman.
(b) Male Leader.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Female Leader.

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

3. Who does the baby go home with when Kinesias and Myrrhine are talking with each other?
(a) Lysistrata.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Slave.
(d) Kleonike.

4. What is the slave carrying when the scene begins in this part of the play?
(a) Wine.
(b) Corn.
(c) Milk.
(d) Baby.

5. The Male Leader comes into the scene to complain about the _________ of women.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Audacity.
(d) Immorality.

6. What does the item(s) that Kinesias is wearing signify him as being frustrated about?
(a) The lack of sex.
(b) The battle to come.
(c) The lack of peace.
(d) The lack of food.

7. Who speaks like a Spartan at first when he exits the Akropolis, also drunk?
(a) Kinesias.
(b) The Messenger.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) The slave.

8. The person in the story from the Female Chorus still loves ____________.
(a) Children.
(b) Peace.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

9. Each trip Myrrhine makes to the temple leaves Kinesias more and more ______________.
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Excited.
(c) Happy.
(d) Nervous.

10. _______________ tells the Spartans and the Athenians to take their women back home.
(a) Lysistrata.
(b) The Old Man.
(c) The Commissioner.
(d) The Messenger.

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

12. The male figure in the men's story is a ______________ who goes out to live in the forest.
(a) Soldier.
(b) Priest.
(c) Monk.
(d) Hermit.

13. As Lysistrata talks with the ______________, some of the women try to run away.
(a) Male Leader.
(b) Female Leader.
(c) Chorus Sage.
(d) Goddess.

14. The Commissioner notes that a lot of double dealing happens when the people are ___________.
(a) Quiet.
(b) At war.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Sober.

15. When _____________ reads the parchment, the women are convinced and see her point.
(a) Female Leader.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Lampito.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lysistrata tells everyone to dance to the glory of the ____________ now.

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

3. The __________ negotiate which parts of the country each city will control, using Peace's body.

4. The ______________ suggests that since peace is at hand, the battle of the sexes should end too.

5. The Female Leader promises the Male Leader she will free the ____________ in him.

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