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

2. How much does the first Ambassador make in a day?
(a) Four dracmas.
(b) Two drachmas.
(c) Ten drachmas.
(d) One drachma.

3. At the end of The Acharnians, The Chorus of Acharnians decides to follow who offstage, thereby symbolically giving support to which way of life?
(a) Lamachus.
(b) The Third Messanger.
(c) Nobody, they go their own way.
(d) Dikaiopolis.

4. The peace Dikaiopolis chooses has the scent of what?
(a) Fruit and lumber.
(b) Ambrosia and nectar.
(c) Pepper and chocolate.
(d) Clove and spice.

5. How does Dikaiopolis make peace?
(a) He signs several treaties.
(b) He gives his life in service to the Spartians.
(c) He sends his son as an ambassador.
(d) He pours some wine on the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dikaiopolis take as tax from the Thebian?

2. What did Dercetes lose?

3. What is Dikaiopolis doing when he sees Lamachus return from battle?

4. What barnyard animal do the Megarian's daughters pose as?

5. What does Dikaiopolis do after he makes peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What can the Thebian use the Informer for?

2. Describe the outfit Dikaiopolis assembles for his defense.

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

4. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

5. Dikaiopolis and Lamachus meet again just after Dikaiopolis shared a few drops of peace with the bride. What is notable about how their situations have changed since the beginning of the play?

6. What is Dikaiopolis'S strategy in choosing the Peace?

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

8. Describe "The Great King's Eye."

9. How does Dikaiopolis set up his shop?

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

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