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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Strepsiades returns home from the school, Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes someone doesn't exist. Who is that?
(a) Peace.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Cleon.

3. How many members of the Chorus of Acharnians have been elected to serve as an ambassador?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. When the crier re-enters in Part 4 of The Acharnians to announce the trumpet signal to drink wine, what is Dikaiopolis doing?
(a) Eating.
(b) Cleaning.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Sleeping.

5. Does Dikaiopolis sell to the slave?
(a) Yes.
(b) Yes, but not the eels.
(c) Yes, but at twice the price.
(d) No.

6. Dikaiopolis tells his daughter to have what kind of look on her face when she is carrying the basket?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sad.
(d) Sour.

7. After Dikaiopolis removes the informer and goes into his house, a Thebian stops outside with his entourage. What do they do?
(a) Play loud music.
(b) Try and go to sleep.
(c) Start a riot.
(d) Open a rival market.

8. What is the name of the school Pheidippides is to attend?
(a) The Thoughtery.
(b) The Thinkerator.
(c) The Ruminator.
(d) The Thinkery.

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

10. What hobby will probably bankrupt Strepsiades?
(a) Horses.
(b) Writing.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Painting.

11. Why does Pheidippides agree to go to learn rhetoric?
(a) He is bored.
(b) He secretly loves philosophy.
(c) He wants to help Strepsiades.
(d) He is half-asleep.

12. What does the Bridegroom's Slave offer Dikaiopolis for just one ladle of peace?
(a) Wine.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Olives.
(d) Meat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Strepsiades arrives at the school with Pheidippides, what does Strepsiades do?

2. How much longer after the second ambassador does the assembly stay open?

3. Who is the second ambassador in the assembly to speak?

4. What does the second ambassador bring as a gift during the assembly?

5. Why does Nicarchus denounce the Thebian?

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