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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Male Leader do to the Female Leader to cause her to lash out initially?

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

4. ____________ delivers a speech about how men have made a mess in the city for years as the women have sat by.

5. Who is told to go to Sparta to spread the word about the plan of Lysistrata?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens when the Male Leader talks about the injuries that have been done to them?

6. What is the story the Female Chorus tells in rebuttal of the men's story about the hunter?

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

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

9. What does Lysistrata hear when she asks the women what they think of their men being at war?

10. What do the Chorus of Men believe the women's plot is actually just a cover for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though the women are looking to have more freedom and to have peace in the area, they seem to be going about it by playing on stereotypes they're trying to dismiss.

Part 1: Why did the women choose sex as the bargaining chip in the fight for peace?

Part 2: Do you think tempting the men is a strong way of showing the men that they are the more powerful sex? Why or why not?

Part 3: Does the idea of women using lust to gain power seem to support feminism or not? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Many people don't realize that Lysistrata and Myrrhine may actually refer to real women in the history of Greece.

Part 1: Why do you think Aristophanes decided to have potentially real characters used in his play?

Part 2: Does the addition of real people to the play strengthen the play or weaken it? Why?

Part 3: How do you think the addition of real people show the affects of the play's actions on society of the time?

Essay Topic 3

What's compelling about this play is that in the quest for peace, the women fight with the men - which seems to be a contradiction.

Part 1: Does one always have to fight for peace? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think the women thought it was okay to fight the men to get what they wanted?

Part 3: Do you think the women are being hypocritical in fighting the men on their journey toward peace? Why or why not?

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