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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Dikaiopolis forget before returning to his trial?
(a) Wild flowers.
(b) A harp.
(c) Chevril.
(d) A lute.

3. According to Dikaiopolis, who or what started the war?
(a) A few drunk Athenian men kidnapped a woman.
(b) Pericles sent out thunder and lightning.
(c) A difference in religion with the Megarians.
(d) The Spartians cutting down Athenian vines.

4. Who poses as the eunuchs?
(a) Two dancing girls.
(b) Nobody, they are really eunuchs.
(c) Wrong and Right.
(d) Cleisthenes and Strato.

5. How many members of the Chorus of Acharnians have been elected to serve as an ambassador?
(a) Two.
(b) None.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Dikaiopolis help Dercetes?

2. How much does the first Ambassador make in a day?

3. At the end of The Acharnians, The Chorus of Acharnians decides to follow who offstage, thereby symbolically giving support to which way of life?

4. The Third Messenger announces what?

5. Who or what are the Chorus of Acharnians looking for when they make their first appearance?

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