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

2. The Female Leaders talks about having invested her _________ in the life and worth of Athens.
(a) Marriage.
(b) Sons.
(c) Husband.
(d) Daughters.

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

4. The Commissioner talks about how they have allowed their women too much ______________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

5. Who is the well-off young woman who decides to attend the meeting Lysistrata has called?
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Kleonike.
(c) Boiotia.
(d) Lampito.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Female Leader grab before running back to the women?

2. Lysistrata complains to her friend that if there is a ____________, the women are there in a hurry.

3. Who is the pretty young woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the town?

4. The Female Leader suggests the men have wasted the ___________ invested in peace by their grandfathers.

5. When Lysistrata says they need one person to represent all the women in the oath, who is this person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Male Leader do when he approaches the Female Leader?

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

3. What is the long story that the Magistrate tells at the start of the scene supposed to illustrate?

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

5. What does the Commissioner order the Chorus to do when he comes out of the temple?

6. What does the Female Leader do to the Male Leader when he threatens her?

7. What is the story of the hunter that the Male Chorus tells in verse?

8. What happens when the Male Leader bangs on the door of the Akropolis?

9. What does Lysistrata reveal to the Female Leader when she asks Lysistrata what is wrong?

10. Who is Kinesias followed by when he comes into the Temple?

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