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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. The Third Messenger announces what?
(a) It is time to drink wine.
(b) Lamachus wounded his ankle.
(c) The war is over.
(d) Dikaiopolis is arrested.

2. Who is the first person to drink a whole pitcher on Pitcher Day?
(a) Lamachus.
(b) Theorus.
(c) The Leader.
(d) Dikaiopolis.

3. When Pheidippides gets to school, what does he do?
(a) He refuses to go and returns home.
(b) He feels nervous and goes back the next day.
(c) He enters ready to learn.
(d) He enters but doesn't learn anything.

4. After Dikaiopolis removes the informer and goes into his house, a Thebian stops outside with his entourage. What do they do?
(a) Try and go to sleep.
(b) Start a riot.
(c) Open a rival market.
(d) Play loud music.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who poses as the eunuchs?

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

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

4. Does Dikaiopolis sell to the slave?

5. What does the second ambassador bring as a gift during the assembly?

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