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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. Lamachus is faced with a surprise skirmish and needs peace, but Dikaiopolis has other plans. What are they?
(a) He wants to take a nap.
(b) Clean up the mess from his cooking.
(c) Dinner with the Priest of Dionysus.
(d) To eat the dinner he prepared earlier.

2. Dercetes comes to Dikaiopolis's home, begging for what?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Peace.
(c) Thrush.
(d) Lamp wicks.

3. Where does Dikaiopolis's wife watch the sacrifice from?
(a) A window.
(b) The altar.
(c) The yard.
(d) The roof.

4. When the Chorus of Acharnians finds Dikaiopolis, what do they want to do to him?
(a) Offer a sacrifice.
(b) Burn him at the stake.
(c) Stone him.
(d) Watch the sacrifice.

5. How does Dikaiopolis help Dercetes?
(a) He doesn't.
(b) He gives him food.
(c) He gives him wine.
(d) He shares the peace.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many samples of peace does Dikaioplois have to choose from?

2. What is the name of the school Pheidippides is to attend?

3. What happens to Lamachus after he leaves Dikaiopolis to go fight?

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

5. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

4. Describe Dikaiopolis in the beginning of The Acharnians.

5. 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?

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

7. What is Diakaiopolis's argument to the Chorus of Acharnians in his defense?

8. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

9. Describe the army sent from Thrace brought by Theorus.

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

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