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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lysistrata, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who poses as the eunuchs?
(a) Two dancing girls.
(b) Wrong and Right.
(c) Nobody, they are really eunuchs.
(d) Cleisthenes and Strato.

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

3. Dercetes comes to Dikaiopolis's home, begging for what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Thrush.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Lamp wicks.

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

5. When Strepsiades arrives at the school with Pheidippides, what does Strepsiades do?
(a) Since Pheidippides goes, Strepsiades goes also.
(b) Since Pheidippides goes, Strepsiades goes home.
(c) Since Pheidippides doesn't go, Strepsiades doesn't either.
(d) Since Pheidippides doesn't go, Strepsiades does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who comes in after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?

2. How does The Chorus of Acharnians feel about Dikaiopolis after all of his trading?

3. The Athenian women of Lysistrata are impressed with Lampito's what?

4. What does The Chorus of The Clouds predict about Strepsiades after this encounter with the Second Creditor?

5. Who or what are the Chorus of Acharnians looking for when they make their first appearance?

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