View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dikaiopolis designate the free trade area?
(a) Sticks laid on the ground.
(b) Stones laid on the ground,
(c) A line drawn in the sand.
(d) A grassy patch off to the side.

2. What barnyard animal do the Megarian's daughters pose as?
(a) Chickens.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Goats.
(d) Lambs.

3. What did Dercetes lose?
(a) His oxen.
(b) His wife.
(c) His slaves.
(d) His job.

4. Who comes in after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?
(a) Amphitheus.
(b) Lamachus.
(c) Cleon.
(d) Euripides.

5. As Lamachus gets ready for battle, Dikaiopolis does something else. What is it?
(a) Helps him dress.
(b) Makes fun of him.
(c) Readies his horse.
(d) Packs him food to take with him.

6. Who is the second ambassador in the assembly to speak?
(a) Dercetes.
(b) Theorus.
(c) Ismenias.
(d) Nicarchus.

7. In The Clouds, who is the protagonist's son?
(a) Pheidippides.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Chaerephon.
(d) Strepsiades.

8. The Bride's Slave makes a final plea for some peace from Dikaiopolis. What is her reason?
(a) The Bride cannot harvest the farm without the Groom.
(b) The Bride needs the Groom to fix the roof.
(c) The Bride wants to enjoy the honeymoon with the Groom.
(d) The Bride is tired of polishing the groom's shield.

9. Lamachus is faced with a surprise skirmish and needs peace, but Dikaiopolis has other plans. What are they?
(a) Dinner with the Priest of Dionysus.
(b) He wants to take a nap.
(c) To eat the dinner he prepared earlier.
(d) Clean up the mess from his cooking.

10. How does Dikaiopolis help Dercetes?
(a) He gives him food.
(b) He shares the peace.
(c) He gives him wine.
(d) He doesn't.

11. Where does Dikaiopolis's wife watch the sacrifice from?
(a) The roof.
(b) The yard.
(c) A window.
(d) The altar.

12. The peace Dikaiopolis chooses has the scent of what?
(a) Clove and spice.
(b) Ambrosia and nectar.
(c) Pepper and chocolate.
(d) Fruit and lumber.

13. What happens to Lamachus after he leaves Dikaiopolis to go fight?
(a) He is wounded.
(b) He earns glory for Athens.
(c) He is caught by the enemy.
(d) He deserts the Athenian army.

14. In Part 3 of The Acharnians, an informer denounces the Megarian girls as what?
(a) Sacrifices.
(b) Girls, not pigs.
(c) Contraband.
(d) Spartians.

15. How does Socrates appear for the first time in The Clouds?
(a) Stage right, like an actor.
(b) Airborne, like a god in tradegy.
(c) From the audience, like a level-headed philosopher.
(d) From the trap door, like a sneak.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of The Acharnians, who arrives late to the assembly and speaks to the crowd first?

2. The Chorus of The Clouds assures Strepsiades that although his studies may be bizarre, he will come into good fortune. After that, they take a break to make an interjection glorifying a particular playwright. Who do they praise and defend?

3. When the crier re-enters in Part 4 of The Acharnians to announce the trumpet signal to drink wine, what is Dikaiopolis doing?

4. What is Dikaiopolis doing when he sees Lamachus return from battle?

5. What does Dikaiopolis forget before returning to his trial?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 497 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample