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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 wants to help Strepsiades.
(b) He is bored.
(c) He is half-asleep.
(d) He secretly loves philosophy.

2. How much longer after the second ambassador does the assembly stay open?
(a) They see one more ambassador, then close.
(b) They see several more ambassadors, and close.
(c) They work into the night.
(d) They close after the second ambassador.

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

4. When the Chorus of Acharnians finds Dikaiopolis, what do they want to do to him?
(a) Watch the sacrifice.
(b) Burn him at the stake.
(c) Stone him.
(d) Offer a sacrifice.

5. According to Socrates, why does a gnat make a humming noise?
(a) Wind goes straight through its intestinal passage. It's a gnat fart.
(b) It's a mating call.
(c) That's just the sound it makes.
(d) The speed of its wings produce a sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. Diakiopolis's whole family gets involved with the peace ritual. What does the daughter bring to sacrifice?

2. This isn't the first time Dikaiopolis got in trouble with the government. What was his past offense?

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

4. Who is the first person to drink a whole pitcher on Pitcher Day?

5. Who eats Dikaiopolis's lunch?

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