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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 notes that when women offered suggestions, they were told to be ____________.
(a) Subservient.
(b) Louder.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Obedient.

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

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

4. The Chorus of Men remove another layer of clothing to give the women a whiff of _____________.
(a) Sweat.
(b) Power.
(c) Manhood.
(d) Dirt.

5. The men vow they will fight ______________ the same way they fought in the wars.
(a) Their desires.
(b) The government.
(c) The priests.
(d) The women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women remove in order to show that they too are dressed for battle?

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

3. Lysistrata admits that her plan also includes taking over ___________ Temple and the Akropolis.

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

5. Who is NOT one of the women who complain that since the men have been at war, they've hardly been home at all?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the Magistrate condemn the Chorus for doing at the start of this scene?

3. What does the Male Leader say to the men as they are walking into the scene?

4. What does the Messenger tell the Commissioner about the state of affairs in Sparta?

5. What does the Male Leader tell the rest of the Chorus they have to do in order to teach the women a lesson?

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

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

8. What does the Male Leader complain about after the Commissioner decides to try to create peace?

9. What do to the women talk about as they prepare for battle with the men?

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

(see the answer keys)

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