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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Men's leader must give up onions in order to do what?
(a) Fit in his robes.
(b) Win the war.
(c) Enter the temple.
(d) Kiss Stratyllis.

3. The Chorus of Old Men primarily condemn what, as they struggle to the Acropolis?
(a) Reckless Athenian Women.
(b) Spartian music.
(c) The Gods.
(d) Powerful Athenian Warriors.

4. In Lysistrata, after the Acropolis is opened, is it apparent that there are more men or women in the stand-off?
(a) Men.
(b) Men, but the women are smarter.
(c) Women, but the men are more powerful.
(d) Women.

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

6. Pheidippides uses his education from The Thinkery to rationalize what?
(a) Paying back his father's debt.
(b) Not performing his chores.
(c) Spending more money on horses.
(d) Hitting his father.

7. What pair enter from the school as Strepsiades instructs Socrates what to teach Pheidippides?
(a) Love and Hate.
(b) Right and Wrong.
(c) War and Peace.
(d) Light and Dark.

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

9. Why is Lysistrata angry in the beginning of the play?
(a) None of the women have arrived at the meeting.
(b) She can't get to sleep.
(c) Her husband is too attentive.
(d) Her saffron robe is ripped.

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

11. Strepsiades goes back to The Thinkery to check and see if Pheidippides is ready. Who answers the door?
(a) The Chours of Clouds
(b) Pheidippides.
(c) The Student.
(d) Socrates.

12. In Lysistrata, after the women swear the oath and go to the Acropolis, who enters the stage?
(a) Reconciliation.
(b) Lampito.
(c) The Chorus of Women.
(d) The Chorus of Old Men.

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

14. In The Clouds, who is "the bravest man that has performed the greatest number of labors"?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Poseidon.

15. Strepsiades tells the First Creditor he would make a very good what?
(a) Lawyer.
(b) Table.
(c) Model.
(d) Wine skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Choruses of Old Men and Old Women confront each other after the temporary defeat, the Old Men tell a tale of a man named what?

2. As they fighting goes on between the Choruses, who "accepts defeat for the time being"?

3. The Women tell a story of Timon to the Men. According to the women, Timon hated men. What didn't Timon hate?

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

5. What does The Chorus of The Clouds predict about Strepsiades after this encounter with the Second Creditor?

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