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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. What is not a part of the costume Dikaiopolis assembles?
(a) Floppy hat, rim falling off.
(b) Walking-stick.
(c) Wicker basket, burnt by a lamp.
(d) Drinking cup, chipped at the rim.

2. According to the Chorus of Acharnians, who can cure all strife?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) The Graces.
(c) Young Eros.
(d) Aphrodite.

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

4. How much longer after the second ambassador does the assembly stay open?
(a) They see one more ambassador, then close.
(b) They see several more ambassadors, and close.
(c) They close after the second ambassador.
(d) They work into the night.

5. At the end of The Acharnians, The Chorus of Acharnians decides to follow who offstage, thereby symbolically giving support to which way of life?
(a) Dikaiopolis.
(b) Nobody, they go their own way.
(c) Lamachus.
(d) The Third Messanger.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of The Acharnians, who arrives late to the assembly and speaks to the crowd first?

2. How does Dikaiopolis overpower Nicarchus?

3. How does Dikaiopolis like the first peace?

4. Dercetes comes to Dikaiopolis's home, begging for what?

5. Who carries Nicharchus as the Thebian entourage leaves?

(see the answer key)

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