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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. Lysistrata points out that she wants women to gain ______________ through making themselves pretty.
(a) Salvation.
(b) Honor.
(c) Respect.
(d) Peace.

2. Lysistrata speaks to the Chorus of Women, telling them to rise up and claim their ___________.
(a) Children.
(b) Money.
(c) Faith.
(d) Power.

3. The ______________ tells the Commissioner to be quiet and to look at the injuries that have been done.
(a) Woman Leader.
(b) Male Leader.
(c) Old Woman.
(d) Old Man.

4. What does the Commissioner tell the officers to use in order to pry open the doors to the Akropolis?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Knives.
(c) Swords.
(d) Crowbars.

5. In thoughts of what does Kleonike begin to lose herself when she is talking with Lysistrata?
(a) Pretty clothes.
(b) Perfume.
(c) Sex.
(d) Her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _______________ pour out of the temple, overwhelming the Commissioner and the men.

2. ____________ says she has no concerns with making this plan work with the men of Sparta.

3. Lysistrata lets the women know there is already a group of older ___________ women waiting for her signal.

4. Lysistrata compares the life of a city to a __________ newly shaved off a sheep.

5. The Commissioner demands to know why they women are so concerned about ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lysistrata tell the women when she says she understands they are lonely?

3. What does Lysistrata remind the Commissioner when the women overwhelm the officers at the Akropolis?

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

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

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

7. What does Kinesias plead for when he is talking to Lysistrata during this scene?

8. What does Lysistrata tell the Spartans and the Athenians to do when they all come out of the Temple?

9. How does Lysistrata think that salvation can be gained for women?

10. What happens as Lysistrata talks to the Female Leader, proving her confession to the leader?

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