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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who throws off a cloak at the end of the debate between Right and Wrong, running out into the audience wearing female clothing?
(a) Wrong.
(b) Pheidippides.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Right.

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

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

7. In the debate, Right advocates what activity over chattering at the market?
(a) Reading.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Writing.
(d) Exercising.

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

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

10. The Athenian women of Lysistrata are impressed with Lampito's what?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Physical form.
(d) Hair.

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

12. What has changed about Pheidippides's appearance since he entered The Thinkery?
(a) He has grown slightly taller.
(b) He has become much more pale.
(c) He has become very tan.
(d) He has become slightly fatter.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Calonice's first conversation with Lysistrata, which of the following are not part of what a woman can do?

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

3. What is Lysistrata going to do to enforce her ban in Athens?

4. As the Choruses exchange words in Lysistrata upon their first meeting, Stratyllis offers to give the Men's Leader a what?

5. In Part 3 of Lysistrata, what moves the first woman to exit the temple and face the Magistrate to do so?

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