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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part 2 of The Acharnians, who is the Chorus composed of?
(a) Firey old men.
(b) The children of the city.
(c) Men and women who are sympathetic to Dikaiopolis.
(d) Women who want peace.

2. This isn't the first time Dikaiopolis got in trouble with the government. What was his past offense?
(a) Cleon accused him of treason.
(b) Cleon accused him of swindeling people in the market.
(c) Cleon accused him of plagirism.
(d) Cleon accused him of slandering Athens in front of foreigners.

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

4. What happens after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?
(a) He sneaks off the block.
(b) He runs for the coals.
(c) The Chorus of Acharnians pick up their stones.
(d) The Chorus of Acharnians splits in half.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries Nicharchus as the Thebian entourage leaves?

2. Who eats Dikaiopolis's lunch?

3. What does Diakiopolis do with the peace after he takes it home?

4. How does Dikaiopolis like the first peace?

5. In Part 3 of The Acharnians, an informer denounces the Megarian girls as what?

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