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

2. The Bride's Slave makes a final plea for some peace from Dikaiopolis. What is her reason?
(a) The Bride needs the Groom to fix the roof.
(b) The Bride is tired of polishing the groom's shield.
(c) The Bride wants to enjoy the honeymoon with the Groom.
(d) The Bride cannot harvest the farm without the Groom.

3. What did Dercetes lose?
(a) His oxen.
(b) His slaves.
(c) His wife.
(d) His job.

4. Whose monologue opens The Clouds?
(a) Chaerephon.
(b) Pheidippides.
(c) Strepsiades.
(d) Socrates.

5. At the end of The Acharnians, The Chorus of Acharnians decides to follow who offstage, thereby symbolically giving support to which way of life?
(a) The Third Messanger.
(b) Nobody, they go their own way.
(c) Dikaiopolis.
(d) Lamachus.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Strepsiades ordered to do as he lays in bed?

3. What does the champion of Pitcher Day win?

4. How many samples of peace does Dikaioplois have to choose from?

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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