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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Clouds, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has changed about Pheidippides's appearance since he entered The Thinkery?
(a) He has become very tan.
(b) He has become slightly fatter.
(c) He has grown slightly taller.
(d) He has become much more pale.

2. Who comes in after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?
(a) Lamachus.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Amphitheus.
(d) Euripides.

3. Pheidippides uses his education from The Thinkery to rationalize what?
(a) Hitting his father.
(b) Spending more money on horses.
(c) Paying back his father's debt.
(d) Not performing his chores.

4. How does Socrates appear for the first time in The Clouds?
(a) Stage right, like an actor.
(b) From the audience, like a level-headed philosopher.
(c) Airborne, like a god in tradegy.
(d) From the trap door, like a sneak.

5. How does Dikaiopolis agree to speak his side to the Chorus of Acharnians?
(a) With his head over a block.
(b) On a catapult, ready to launch.
(c) Blindfolded.
(d) In a headlock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the least effective way Strepsiades comes up with evading his debt and the reason Socrates gives up?

2. What does Diakiopolis do with the peace after he takes it home?

3. How does Strepsiades eventually get rid of the Second Creditor?

4. What does Dikaiopolis give the Megarian for the girls?

5. When Strepsiades and Pheidippides arrive at the school for the first time together, who answers the door?

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