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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Clouds, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does the first Ambassador make in a day?
(a) Four dracmas.
(b) One drachma.
(c) Ten drachmas.
(d) Two drachmas.

2. What item do the Leader and Dikaiopolis pretend Nicharus is, as they pack him up?
(a) A doormat.
(b) A basket.
(c) A pot.
(d) A bottle of wine.

3. What is the name of the school Pheidippides is to attend?
(a) The Thoughtery.
(b) The Ruminator.
(c) The Thinkerator.
(d) The Thinkery.

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

5. Why does Pheidippides agree to go to learn rhetoric?
(a) He wants to help Strepsiades.
(b) He is half-asleep.
(c) He secretly loves philosophy.
(d) He is bored.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What barnyard animal do the Megarian's daughters pose as?

3. The Bride's Slave makes a final plea for some peace from Dikaiopolis. What is her reason?

4. When the Chorus of Acharnians finds Dikaiopolis, what do they want to do to him?

5. In the end of The Acharnians, Dikaiopolis claims he is keen to do what?

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