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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. When Strepsiades arrives at the school with Pheidippides, what does Strepsiades do?
(a) Since Pheidippides doesn't go, Strepsiades does.
(b) Since Pheidippides goes, Strepsiades goes also.
(c) Since Pheidippides doesn't go, Strepsiades doesn't either.
(d) Since Pheidippides goes, Strepsiades goes home.

2. How does Dikaiopolis designate the free trade area?
(a) A grassy patch off to the side.
(b) Stones laid on the ground,
(c) Sticks laid on the ground.
(d) A line drawn in the sand.

3. Socrates and Strepsiades brainstorm ways that Strepsiades can what?
(a) Avoid paying interest.
(b) Make interest back.
(c) Trick his son into learning rhetoric.
(d) Sleep in a bed full of bugs.

4. In The Clouds, what does the Second Creditor look like?
(a) A younger, bruised man.
(b) A younger, strapping lad.
(c) An older, but healthy man.
(d) Same age, fatter than the first.

5. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?
(a) Algebra, logic, and religion.
(b) Geometry, language, and gender.
(c) Chemistry, music, and politics.
(d) Physics, dance, and culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aristophanes describes all the students in The Clouds as what?

2. According to the Chorus of Acharnians, who can cure all strife?

3. In The Clouds, what is the First Creditor collecting for?

4. Who does The Chorus of Clouds tell Strepsiades to send to the school in his stead?

5. What does The Chorus of The Clouds predict about Strepsiades after this encounter with the Second Creditor?

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