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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. How does Dikaiopolis like the first peace?
(a) He doesn't even try it.
(b) He likes it, but tries another.
(c) He loves it.
(d) He tastes it, but doesn't like it.

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

3. What does the Bridegroom's Slave offer Dikaiopolis for just one ladle of peace?
(a) Meat.
(b) Olives.
(c) Wine.
(d) Slaves.

4. Why doesn't the Chorus want War at his parties?
(a) He gets drunk and violent.
(b) He offends the guests.
(c) He eats all the food.
(d) He gets drunk and passes out.

5. Dikaiopolis tells his daughter to have what kind of look on her face when she is carrying the basket?
(a) Stoic.
(b) Happy.
(c) Sour.
(d) Sad.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who eats Dikaiopolis's lunch?

2. How does Socrates appear for the first time in The Clouds?

3. When the Chorus of Acharnians finds Dikaiopolis, what do they want to do to him?

4. Who is the second ambassador in the assembly to speak?

5. Who does Strepsiades complain to while he is supposed to be sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

3. How do the visiting Ambassadors appear to Dikaiopolis?

4. The Leader of The Chorus of The Clouds directly addresses the audience just after Strepsiades enters The Thinkery. Summarize their direct appeal.

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

6. What is Pheidippides immediate opinion of Socrates's school?

7. Why are the Chorus of Acharnians angry as they make their first appearance in The Acharnians?

8. Describe the outfit Dikaiopolis assembles for his defense.

9. What kind of teacher is Socrates in The Clouds?

10. What happens to the Chorus of Archanians when Diakaiopolis finishes his defense?

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