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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 are now armed with ___________ to fight off the attack by the men and the soldiers.
(a) Fire.
(b) Household implements.
(c) Oil cans.
(d) Pitchers of water.

2. Kleonike tells Lysistrata to be _______ as women are supposed to be good for only certain things.
(a) Practical.
(b) Humble.
(c) Honest.
(d) Quiet.

3. Lysistrata tells the women to be calm and wait for the spirit of _________ to fill the men so the attack can really begin.
(a) War.
(b) Love.
(c) Peace.
(d) Desire.

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

5. Instead, Kleonike suggests that the oath be sworn with a _____________.
(a) Stone.
(b) Dove.
(c) Olive branch.
(d) Cup of wine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lysistrata talks about unraveling the political and military situation in the city the same way one would unravel __________.

2. What does Lysistrata have in her hand that helps her block the advances of the officers?

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

4. What does Lysistrata say the women will do for the men, which angers the Commissioner?

5. Lysistrata says that she has been thinking about the state of ___________ for a long time.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When the Female Leader speaks of having invested her sons in the life and worth of Athens, what does she suggest?

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

4. What does the Commissioner tell the Messenger to do in response to the news he hears?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens when the Chorus of Men take off their cloaks at the start of the scene?

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

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