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

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

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

4. What does Dikaiopolis take as tax from the Thebian?
(a) A plant.
(b) A doorman.
(c) Jam.
(d) Eels.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Bridegroom's Slave offer Dikaiopolis for just one ladle of peace?

3. What does the Ambassador from Persia bring back to the Assembly?

4. After Dikaiopolis removes the informer and goes into his house, a Thebian stops outside with his entourage. What do they do?

5. Who does Dikaiopolis enlist to help him before the trial?

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