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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 day does Strepsiades tell Pheidippides he owes the creditors money?
(a) Night and Day Day.
(b) Old and New Day.
(c) Past and Present Day.
(d) Dark and Light Day.

2. What does Diakiopolis do with the peace after he takes it home?
(a) Shares it with everybody.
(b) Makes an offering to Dionysus.
(c) Buries it in the ground.
(d) Hides it in his cellar.

3. Whose monologue opens The Clouds?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Chaerephon.
(c) Strepsiades.
(d) Pheidippides.

4. Strepsiades tells the First Creditor he would make a very good what?
(a) Model.
(b) Table.
(c) Wine skin.
(d) Lawyer.

5. After Dikaiopolis removes the informer and goes into his house, a Thebian stops outside with his entourage. What do they do?
(a) Open a rival market.
(b) Try and go to sleep.
(c) Start a riot.
(d) Play loud music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Dikaiopolis sell to the slave?

2. When Strepsiades arrives at the school with Pheidippides, what does Strepsiades do?

3. Who does Strepsiades complain to while he is supposed to be sleeping?

4. A slave is sent to buy goods from Dikaiopolis on behalf of whom?

5. How does Socrates appear for the first time in The Clouds?

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