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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does The Chorus of Acharnians cry when the first pitcher is finished?
(a) Hurry all you others.
(b) Fear strike the last to finish.
(c) Stone the winner.
(d) Hail to the champion.

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

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

4. Who does The Chorus of Clouds tell Strepsiades to send to the school in his stead?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Pheidippdes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Cleon.

5. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?
(a) Physics, dance, and culture.
(b) Geometry, language, and gender.
(c) Chemistry, music, and politics.
(d) Algebra, logic, and religion.

6. How much longer after the second ambassador does the assembly stay open?
(a) They work into the night.
(b) They see one more ambassador, then close.
(c) They see several more ambassadors, and close.
(d) They close after the second ambassador.

7. According to Dikaiopolis, who or what started the war?
(a) The Spartians cutting down Athenian vines.
(b) A difference in religion with the Megarians.
(c) Pericles sent out thunder and lightning.
(d) A few drunk Athenian men kidnapped a woman.

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

9. What does Dikaiopolis want to do before his trial?
(a) Acquire a bribe.
(b) Prepare a statement.
(c) Change clothes.
(d) Hire an attorney.

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

11. Who is chasing Amphitheus?
(a) Dikaiopolis.
(b) Zeus.
(c) The Chorus of Acharnians.
(d) The assembly.

12. How does Dikaiopolis make peace?
(a) He signs several treaties.
(b) He gives his life in service to the Spartians.
(c) He pours some wine on the ground.
(d) He sends his son as an ambassador.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Dikaiopolis tells his daughter to have what kind of look on her face when she is carrying the basket?

2. Who eats Dikaiopolis's lunch?

3. 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?

4. Diakiopolis's whole family gets involved with the peace ritual. What does the daughter bring to sacrifice?

5. Which peace does Dikaiopolis choose?

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