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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lysistrata, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do The Chorus of Old Men carry onto the stage in their first appearance in Lysistrata?
(a) Ambrosia, nectar, and apples.
(b) Wine, honey, and olives.
(c) Olive wood logs, torches, and live coals.
(d) Thrushes, axes, and spears.

2. Why is Lysistrata angry in the beginning of the play?
(a) Her husband is too attentive.
(b) She can't get to sleep.
(c) Her saffron robe is ripped.
(d) None of the women have arrived at the meeting.

3. In Lysistrata, where is Ismenia from?
(a) Boeotia.
(b) Athens.
(c) Megara.
(d) Sparta.

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

5. What item do the Leader and Dikaiopolis pretend Nicharus is, as they pack him up?
(a) A bottle of wine.
(b) A basket.
(c) A doormat.
(d) A pot.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dikaiopolis take as tax from the Thebian?

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

3. After the Magistrate runs off to "show his colleagues" what the women did to him, who comes out on stage?

4. Who throws off a cloak at the end of the debate between Right and Wrong, running out into the audience wearing female clothing?

5. Lamachus requests what at the end of the play, The Acharnians?

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