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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lysistrata, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 3 of Lysistrata, what moves the first woman to exit the temple and face the Magistrate to do so?
(a) She went on her own free will.
(b) The men took a crowbar to the door.
(c) The men told her the gods would strike her down.
(d) The men started to smoke out the women.

2. What hobby will probably bankrupt Strepsiades?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Writing.
(c) Horses.
(d) Painting.

3. In the beginning of The Acharnians, who arrives late to the assembly and speaks to the crowd first?
(a) Theorus.
(b) The Ambassador.
(c) Amphitheus.
(d) Diakaiopolis.

4. Who is the second ambassador in the assembly to speak?
(a) Dercetes.
(b) Nicarchus.
(c) Ismenias.
(d) Theorus.

5. Before the women took the Acropolis, the Magistrate had trouble with women. What did the last woman do to upset the Magistrate?
(a) Cry for Adonis on the roof.
(b) Shout for Zeus from the market.
(c) Dance during a debate.
(d) Sing during a feast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who throws off a cloak at the end of the debate between Right and Wrong, running out into the audience wearing female clothing?

2. What does Socrates tell Strepsiades about Pheidippides's progress?

3. According to Socrates, why does a gnat make a humming noise?

4. What is the name of the school Pheidippides is to attend?

5. Whose monologue opens The Clouds?

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