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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Male Leader tells the men they must retake the ____________ and teach the women a lesson.
(a) Treasury.
(b) Church.
(c) Senate.
(d) Temple.

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

3. To whom do the Women pray in order to have strength and guidance?
(a) Riyana
(b) Athene.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Hera.

4. Lysistrata explains that the women must make themselves as _____________ as they can.
(a) Homely.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Busy.
(d) Unavailable.

5. The Commissioner condemns the Chorus for fighting in the _____________.
(a) Grass.
(b) Public square.
(c) Arena.
(d) Temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who appears with the four police officers at the start of this part of the play?

2. What is making the men in the Chorus choke as they are trying to reach the temple?

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

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

5. The women also complain about how hard it was to fill their _______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Myrrhine tell Kinesias as she appears on the roof to talk to him?

2. Why is Lysistrata pacing at the start of the play during the opening scene?

3. What does Lysistrata confess she has been thinking about when Kleonike asks her why she called the meeting?

4. Why do the Chorus of Men remove another layer of clothing, as they explain to the women?

5. What do the women do after Lysistrata reads to them the prophecy and they see her point?

6. What is the Messenger from Sparta trying to conceal underneath his cloak when he walks in?

7. What does Lysistrata have to complain to Kleonike when Kleonike arrives at the meeting?

8. What does the Magistrate condemn the Chorus for doing at the start of this scene?

9. What does the Male Leader complain about after the Commissioner decides to try to create peace?

10. What happens when the Commissioner orders the officers to pry open the doors to the Akropolis?

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