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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. Who is the big strapping woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the area?
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Boiotia.

2. Lysistrata admits that her plan also includes taking over ___________ Temple and the Akropolis.
(a) Zeus'.
(b) Mars'.
(c) Athene's.
(d) Apollo's.

3. Lysistrata tells the Commissioner to come back in a few days as they will make sure he is properly ___________.
(a) Buried.
(b) Informed.
(c) Shorn.
(d) Humiliated.

4. Who reassures Lysistrata that the women will show up for the meeting she has called?
(a) Boiotia.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Athene.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead, Kleonike suggests that the oath be sworn with a _____________.

2. Lysistrata says the first thing the women will do when they are in control is to rid the marketplace of ___________.

3. What does the Female Leader hit the Male Leader with before running back?

4. The only way that Greece can attain unity and ________ is if the women take control, according to Lysistrata.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Male Leader remind the Chorus of men to do with the pot and the wood?

3. What happens as the Men and the Women go head to head in the battle?

4. What are the Chorus of Men carrying when they enter the scene at the beginning of Part 2?

5. What does the Female Leader suggest now that peace is at hand, which the Male Leader initially refuses?

6. What does Lampito demand from Lysistrata when she arrives at the meeting Lysistrata has called?

7. What does Lysistrata say that she and all the other women have already heard of Kinesias?

8. What does the Commissioner credit with helping the talks that have taken place in the Akropolis?

9. What does Kleonike tell Lysistrata that women are good for, and she says this is only practical to think this?

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

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