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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Acharnians, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Dikaiopolis finally get the Chorus of Acharnians to listen to his side of the story?
(a) He threatens to kill a baby.
(b) He holds the Chorus of Acharnians at knifepoint.
(c) He threatens to kill a basket of coals.
(d) He makes his wife throw stones from the roof.

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

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

5. Where does the council invite the Great King's Eye to dinner?
(a) The Thinkery.
(b) Persia.
(c) The Temple of Athena.
(d) The City Mansion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dikaiopolis want to do before his trial?

2. How does Dikaiopolis like the first peace?

3. The peace Dikaiopolis chooses has the scent of what?

4. How does Dikaiopolis agree to speak his side to the Chorus of Acharnians?

5. The Acharnians opens with a soliloquy by which character?

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