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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Dikaiopolis meet after he leaves the assembly for home?
(a) Amphitheus.
(b) Theorus.
(c) The Chorus of Acharnians .
(d) The assembly.

2. What does Dikaiopolis forget before returning to his trial?
(a) A lute.
(b) Chevril.
(c) A harp.
(d) Wild flowers.

3. According to Socrates, why does a gnat make a humming noise?
(a) That's just the sound it makes.
(b) The speed of its wings produce a sound.
(c) Wind goes straight through its intestinal passage. It's a gnat fart.
(d) It's a mating call.

4. Socrates and Strepsiades brainstorm ways that Strepsiades can what?
(a) Trick his son into learning rhetoric.
(b) Avoid paying interest.
(c) Sleep in a bed full of bugs.
(d) Make interest back.

5. In The Clouds, who is the protagonist's son?
(a) Chaerephon.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Strepsiades.
(d) Pheidippides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dikaiopolis want to do before his trial?

2. Lamachus is faced with a surprise skirmish and needs peace, but Dikaiopolis has other plans. What are they?

3. What does Dikaiopolis do after he makes peace?

4. How does The Chorus of Acharnians feel about Dikaiopolis after all of his trading?

5. Why doesn't the Chorus want War at his parties?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what and how the students study at Socrates's school.

2. In The Acharnians, what do you think the playwright is saying about the way of war and the way of peace as his overall message?

3. Present the argument that finally wins a few drops of peace from Dikaiopolis.

4. How does Dikaiopolis react when Dercetes asks him to share some of the peace?

5. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

6. Describe in detail what has caused Strepsiades to accumulate so much debt.

7. Why is Strepsiades so fretful he can't even sleep in the beginning of The Clouds?

8. How does the Chorus of Acharnians feel about Dikaiopolis after the Megaran leaves?

9. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

10. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

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