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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. The Acharnians opens with a soliloquy by which character?
(a) Dikaiopolis.
(b) Amphitheus.
(c) The Acharnians.
(d) The Crier.

2. What is not a part of the costume Dikaiopolis assembles?
(a) Floppy hat, rim falling off.
(b) Wicker basket, burnt by a lamp.
(c) Walking-stick.
(d) Drinking cup, chipped at the rim.

3. Whose monologue opens The Clouds?
(a) Chaerephon.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Pheidippides.
(d) Strepsiades.

4. What happens to Lamachus after he leaves Dikaiopolis to go fight?
(a) He is caught by the enemy.
(b) He deserts the Athenian army.
(c) He earns glory for Athens.
(d) He is wounded.

5. When Strepsiades arrives at the school with Pheidippides, what does Strepsiades do?
(a) Since Pheidippides doesn't go, Strepsiades doesn't either.
(b) Since Pheidippides goes, Strepsiades goes also.
(c) Since Pheidippides doesn't go, Strepsiades does.
(d) Since Pheidippides goes, Strepsiades goes home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is chasing Amphitheus?

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

3. Who does The Chorus of Clouds tell Strepsiades to send to the school in his stead?

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

5. The Third Messenger announces what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dikaiopolis in the beginning of The Acharnians.

2. What is the Chorus of Acharnians's attitude toward Dikaiopolis and Lamachus at the end of the play?

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

4. Describe the entourage that enters with the Thebian, Dikaiopolis' second customer.

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

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

7. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

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

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 Dikaiopolis react when Dercetes asks him to share some of the peace?

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