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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 does Pheidippdes want to do with his father before Strepsiades brings out the rooster and hen?
(a) Get him certified insane or contact the undertaker.
(b) Buy his father a horse.
(c) Defend his father from the creditors.
(d) Go to school with him.

2. What has changed about Pheidippides's appearance since he entered The Thinkery?
(a) He has become slightly fatter.
(b) He has grown slightly taller.
(c) He has become very tan.
(d) He has become much more pale.

3. In Lysistrata, what are the men going to do with the first woman to exit the temple?
(a) Tie her up.
(b) Offer her as sacrifice for occupying the temple.
(c) Burn her at the stake.
(d) Banish her.

4. Socrates and Strepsiades brainstorm ways that Strepsiades can what?
(a) Trick his son into learning rhetoric.
(b) Avoid paying interest.
(c) Sleep in a bed full of bugs.
(d) Make interest back.

5. How does Dikaiopolis agree to speak his side to the Chorus of Acharnians?
(a) Blindfolded.
(b) On a catapult, ready to launch.
(c) With his head over a block.
(d) In a headlock.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man spotted by Lysistrata in Part 4 is actually a husband, belonging to one of the women present. Whose husband is he?

2. The Bride's Slave makes a final plea for some peace from Dikaiopolis. What is her reason?

3. What does the champion of Pitcher Day win?

4. How does Dikaiopolis designate the free trade area?

5. What does The Chorus of Acharnians cry when the first pitcher is finished?

(see the answer key)

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