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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Part 2 of The Acharnians, who is the Chorus composed of?
(a) The children of the city.
(b) Firey old men.
(c) Women who want peace.
(d) Men and women who are sympathetic to Dikaiopolis.

3. When the Chorus of Acharnians finds Dikaiopolis, what do they want to do to him?
(a) Burn him at the stake.
(b) Offer a sacrifice.
(c) Watch the sacrifice.
(d) Stone him.

4. The Acharnians opens with a soliloquy by which character?
(a) Dikaiopolis.
(b) The Acharnians.
(c) Amphitheus.
(d) The Crier.

5. What does Dikaiopolis do after he makes peace?
(a) Pledges to share the peace wine with everyone.
(b) Talks to the Acharnians about their differences in opinion.
(c) Offers some wine to Amphitheus.
(d) Takes the wine into his house to celebrate.

6. What is the least effective way Strepsiades comes up with evading his debt and the reason Socrates gives up?
(a) Strepsiades decides to steal the money.
(b) Strepsiades realizes if he's in another country they cannot find him.
(c) Strepsiades suggests he hang himself because if he is dead he cannot pay his debts.
(d) Strepsiades decides he will change his name.

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

8. What is Dikaiopolis doing when he sees Lamachus return from battle?
(a) Playing music on the lute.
(b) Singing bawdy songs.
(c) Dancing with his daughters.
(d) Drinking with dancing girls.

9. What word best describes the way Socrates speaks to Strepsiades?
(a) Confusing.
(b) Clear.
(c) Astute.
(d) Articulate.

10. Where does the council invite the Great King's Eye to dinner?
(a) Persia.
(b) The Thinkery.
(c) The City Mansion.
(d) The Temple of Athena.

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

12. How does The Chorus of Acharnians feel about Dikaiopolis after all of his trading?
(a) The Chorus of Acharnians don't say how they feel.
(b) The Chorus of Acharnians are angry with Dikaiopolis.
(c) The Chorus of Acharnians are indifferent to Dikaiopolis.
(d) The Chorus of Acharnians praises Dikaiopolis.

13. What is not a part of the costume Dikaiopolis assembles?
(a) Floppy hat, rim falling off.
(b) Wicker basket, burnt by a lamp.
(c) Walking-stick.
(d) Drinking cup, chipped at the rim.

14. A slave is sent to buy goods from Dikaiopolis on behalf of whom?
(a) Theorus.
(b) Lamachus.
(c) Euripides.
(d) The Acharnians.

15. How does Dikaiopolis overpower Nicarchus?
(a) He pokes Nicharus' eyes.
(b) He slaps Nicharus.
(c) He beats Nicharus with one of his straps.
(d) He trips Nicharus.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Dikaiopolis swap with the Thebian?

3. How does Dikaiopolis make peace?

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

5. Aristophanes describes all the students in The Clouds as what?

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