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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As quoted in Lysistrata, complete Euripides' statement. "There is no beast so shameless as a ____"?
(a) Child.
(b) Pig.
(c) Man.
(d) Woman.

2. What day does Strepsiades tell Pheidippides he owes the creditors money?
(a) Dark and Light Day.
(b) Night and Day Day.
(c) Old and New Day.
(d) Past and Present Day.

3. In Lysistrata, a sure sign of courage is, according to the Men, what?
(a) Table-manners.
(b) A hairy bottom.
(c) A defined forearm.
(d) Skills in knot-tying.

4. According to Calonice's first conversation with Lysistrata, which of the following are not part of what a woman can do?
(a) Wear giant slippers.
(b) Speak for herself.
(c) Look pretty.
(d) Sit at home.

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

6. What does Pheidippdes want to do with his father before Strepsiades brings out the rooster and hen?
(a) Buy his father a horse.
(b) Go to school with him.
(c) Defend his father from the creditors.
(d) Get him certified insane or contact the undertaker.

7. In Lysistrata, where is Ismenia from?
(a) Megara.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Boeotia.
(d) Athens.

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

9. What do the women do to the Magistrate, just before they make demands?
(a) Cut his hair.
(b) Dress him like a woman.
(c) Make him sit down in a throne.
(d) Give him wine.

10. Who provides the rules for Right and Wrong's argument?
(a) Strepsiades.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pheidippides.
(d) The Chorus Leader.

11. How does one woman pretend to be pregnant in order to go home in Part 4 of Lysistrata?
(a) She uses wool, full of moths.
(b) She uses treasures from the temple.
(c) She is actually pregnant.
(d) She uses a helmet.

12. Now that Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes all of the fascinating things learned in the school, how does Pheidippdes feel about learning?
(a) Pheidippdes still thinks the school is foolish.
(b) Pheidippdes is anxious he isn't smart enough to learn.
(c) Pheidippdes rethinks his original feelings about the school.
(d) Pheidippdes gets excited about the school also.

13. Lysistrata sees a man in the distance by the shrine of Chloe. What is vexing him?
(a) He is driven mad by Aphrodite's powers.
(b) He is following a spool of thread that winds and unwinds.
(c) He is pushing a giant rock uphill.
(d) He is pulling a cart by himself.

14. What is the plan to get out the women occupying the Acropolis, according to the Men's Leader?
(a) Ask them to leave, or set their homes on fire.
(b) Aske them to leave, or burn all their gowns and robes at home.
(c) Ask them to leave, or go on a sex strike.
(d) Ask them to leave, or smoke them out.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cinesias tell Lysistrata he wants?

2. Who throws off a cloak at the end of the debate between Right and Wrong, running out into the audience wearing female clothing?

3. In Part 3 of Lysistrata, which woman is the first to exit the temple and face the Magistrate?

4. In Lysistrata, after the women douse the men with water, who enters?

5. How does Strepsiades eventually get rid of the Second Creditor?

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