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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 can Socrates just not teach in The Clouds?
(a) Strepsiades.
(b) Pheidippides.
(c) Xanthias.
(d) Chaerephon.

2. After Dikaiopolis removes the informer and goes into his house, a Thebian stops outside with his entourage. What do they do?
(a) Start a riot.
(b) Try and go to sleep.
(c) Play loud music.
(d) Open a rival market.

3. Who does Dikaiopolis enlist to help him before the trial?
(a) Theorus.
(b) Lamachus.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Amphitheus.

4. In Part 3 of The Acharnians, an informer denounces the Megarian girls as what?
(a) Contraband.
(b) Sacrifices.
(c) Spartians.
(d) Girls, not pigs.

5. What does Diakiopolis do with the peace after he takes it home?
(a) Buries it in the ground.
(b) Makes an offering to Dionysus.
(c) Hides it in his cellar.
(d) Shares it with everybody.

Short Answer Questions

1. What's wrong with the Megarian's appearance?

2. What does the champion of Pitcher Day win?

3. In The Clouds, who is the protagonist's son?

4. When Strepsiades returns home from the school, Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes someone doesn't exist. Who is that?

5. When the crier re-enters in Part 4 of The Acharnians to announce the trumpet signal to drink wine, what is Dikaiopolis doing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the sacrifice Dikaiopolis makes with the peace look like?

3. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

4. How does Dikaiopolis set up his shop?

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

6. What do all the bugs in The Thinkery suggest?

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

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

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

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

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