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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 appears with the four police officers at the start of this part of the play?
(a) Athene.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Commissioner.
(d) President.

2. Kleonike reluctantly takes hold of the _____________ with Lysistrata.
(a) Sword.
(b) Shield.
(c) Parchment.
(d) Goblet.

3. Who loudly supports the proposal that Lysistrata talks about as illustrated in #74?
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) No one.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Lampito.

4. What does the Female Leader notice from the men's pots so she tells the women to stop?
(a) Wood.
(b) Ashes.
(c) Oil.
(d) Smoke.

5. Who has seized the Treasury so the Commissioner cannot go through with his deal?
(a) Rome.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Spartans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lampito does wonder about the men of ______________, though Sparta does seem to be reasonable.

2. The women are now armed with ___________ to fight off the attack by the men and the soldiers.

3. The Commissioner says that as ____________, they are responsible for what is happening.

4. Lysistrata is pacing at the start of the play, waiting for the women of ____________ to arrive.

5. Lysistrata believes the women will make themselves so pretty that the men will not want to _____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What kinds of crude jokes does the Commissioner make to the Messenger from Sparta?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Kinesias have to share when he comes out of the temple, though he first talks like a Spartan?

9. What does the Chorus of Women reveal about the way they are dressed?

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

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