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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lamachus doing when he sees Dikaiopolis at the end of The Acharnians?
(a) Being carried by two soldiers.
(b) Carrying loot from his spoils.
(c) Making a peace offering.
(d) Pouring a drink.

2. What do the men use to stake out their claims on Greece as they negotiate peace?
(a) Apples and oranges.
(b) Lines in the sand.
(c) Reconciliation.
(d) A map of Greece

3. What's wrong with the Megarian's appearance?
(a) He and his daughters are very fat.
(b) He and his daughters are very thin.
(c) He and his daughters are dressed inappropriately.
(d) He and his daughters are without identification.

4. The women assembled are all ready to do anything to end the war except what?
(a) Walk through fire.
(b) Cut themselves in two.
(c) Renounce sex.
(d) Sell everything they own.

5. Lamachus requests what at the end of the play, The Acharnians?
(a) Be taken to the doctor.
(b) To share a drink with Dikaiopolis.
(c) Be brougut back to battle.
(d) Be carried home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first woman to join Lysistrata?

2. Who does Dikaiopolis enlist to help him before the trial?

3. How does one woman pretend to be pregnant in order to go home in Part 4 of Lysistrata?

4. According to Socrates, why does a gnat make a humming noise?

5. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?

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