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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. What does Dikaiopolis swap with the Thebian?
(a) An informer.
(b) The crier.
(c) The Megeran daughters.
(d) Some pottery.

2. Lamachus is faced with a surprise skirmish and needs peace, but Dikaiopolis has other plans. What are they?
(a) He wants to take a nap.
(b) Dinner with the Priest of Dionysus.
(c) To eat the dinner he prepared earlier.
(d) Clean up the mess from his cooking.

3. What does Dikaiopolis do after he makes peace?
(a) Talks to the Acharnians about their differences in opinion.
(b) Takes the wine into his house to celebrate.
(c) Offers some wine to Amphitheus.
(d) Pledges to share the peace wine with everyone.

4. What does Dikaiopolis want to do before his trial?
(a) Acquire a bribe.
(b) Prepare a statement.
(c) Hire an attorney.
(d) Change clothes.

5. What happens to Lamachus after he leaves Dikaiopolis to go fight?
(a) He is caught by the enemy.
(b) He deserts the Athenian army.
(c) He earns glory for Athens.
(d) He is wounded.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose monologue opens The Clouds?

3. Why doesn't the Chorus want War at his parties?

4. Where does the council invite the Great King's Eye to dinner?

5. When the crier re-enters in Part 4 of The Acharnians to announce the trumpet signal to drink wine, what is Dikaiopolis doing?

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