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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 many members of the Chorus of Acharnians have been elected to serve as an ambassador?
(a) None.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

2. Who eats Dikaiopolis's lunch?
(a) Soldiers.
(b) Theorus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) The Crier.

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

4. What does Dikaiopolis want to do before his trial?
(a) Change clothes.
(b) Acquire a bribe.
(c) Prepare a statement.
(d) Hire an attorney.

5. What does the champion of Pitcher Day win?
(a) A basket of food.
(b) Peace.
(c) A full wine-skin.
(d) Many dancing girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lamachus doing when he sees Dikaiopolis at the end of The Acharnians?

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

3. How does Dikaiopolis agree to speak his side to the Chorus of Acharnians?

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

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. The playwright highlights Dikaiopolis's character arc by juxtaposing Lamachus getting ready for battle with Dikaiopolis getting ready to go feast. How has the character of Dikaiopolis changed?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

8. What can the Thebian use the Informer for?

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

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

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