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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do The Chorus of Old Men carry onto the stage in their first appearance in Lysistrata?
(a) Ambrosia, nectar, and apples.
(b) Wine, honey, and olives.
(c) Olive wood logs, torches, and live coals.
(d) Thrushes, axes, and spears.

2. In Lysistrata, after the women douse the men with water, who enters?
(a) The Magistrate.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Stratyllis.
(d) The First Old Woman.

3. In Part 1, Calonice tells Lysistrata that Athenians can always be relied on to be what?
(a) Early.
(b) Late.
(c) Athletic.
(d) Fast.

4. How does Socrates feel about teaching Pheidippides?
(a) Socrates thinks Pheidippides will be exciting to teach.
(b) Socrates refuses to take Pheidippides as a student in the school.
(c) Socrates thinks Pheidippides will be easy to teach.
(d) Socrates thinks Pheidippides will be difficult to teach.

5. The man spotted by Lysistrata in Part 4 is actually a husband, belonging to one of the women present. Whose husband is he?
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Calonice.
(d) Lampito.

6. In The Clouds, what does the First Creditor look like?
(a) He is very fat.
(b) He is very thin.
(c) He is very handsome.
(d) He is very pale.

7. In Lysistrata, what are the women going to do with the money in the temple?
(a) Spend it on clothes.
(b) Buy new husbands that aren't soldiers.
(c) Give it to other cities to end the war.
(d) Take care of it, run the city.

8. The Women tell a story of Timon to the Men. According to the women, Timon hated men. What didn't Timon hate?
(a) Animals.
(b) Society.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

9. What does Socrates tell Strepsiades about Pheidippides's progress?
(a) Pheidippides may go, but he won't win all of the arguments.
(b) Pheidippides needs more time.
(c) Pheidippides refused to learn anything.
(d) Pheidippides is ready to argue.

10. The Chorus of Old Men primarily praise what, as they struggle to the Acropolis?
(a) Athenian Women.
(b) The Gods.
(c) Athenian Food.
(d) Athenian Warriors.

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

12. What does Cinesias tell Lysistrata he wants?
(a) To see his wife.
(b) To flee Athens.
(c) To go home. He loves it there now this his wife is gone.
(d) To help the women.

13. Who did Lysistrata expect to be at her meeting first?
(a) The Spartians.
(b) The Acharnians.
(c) The Clouds.
(d) The Megarians.

14. Wrong tells Pheidippides not to listen to Right because he will grow up and be what?
(a) Smarter than everyone.
(b) A boring little baby.
(c) Liked by too many people.
(d) Unable to communicate.

15. Lysistrata comes out from the Acropolis and meets Stratyllis, how does she act?
(a) She is aggitated and paces.
(b) She is thoughtful and smirking.
(c) She sings and dances.
(d) She is happy and victorious.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Stratyllis and the Men's Leader and their followers get ready to fight?

2. According to Lysistrata, as she speaks to Stratylis, what are the women doing that upsets her so much?

3. How does one woman pretend to be pregnant in order to go home in Part 4 of Lysistrata?

4. In Lysistrata, a sure sign of courage is, according to the Men, what?

5. In Lysistrata, where is Ismenia from?

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