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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is chasing Amphitheus?
(a) Dikaiopolis.
(b) The assembly.
(c) The Chorus of Acharnians.
(d) Zeus.

3. How many members of the Chorus of Acharnians have been elected to serve as an ambassador?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) None.

4. How does Dikaiopolis overpower Nicarchus?
(a) He beats Nicharus with one of his straps.
(b) He trips Nicharus.
(c) He slaps Nicharus.
(d) He pokes Nicharus' eyes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How much does the first Ambassador make in a day?

4. What hobby will probably bankrupt Strepsiades?

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

(see the answer key)

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