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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. In Lysistrata, a sure sign of courage is, according to the Men, what?
(a) A hairy bottom.
(b) Skills in knot-tying.
(c) Table-manners.
(d) A defined forearm.

2. How is Right dressed in Part 3 of The Clouds?
(a) An old man in dated but luxurious clothing.
(b) A robust soldier from a distant land.
(c) An adolescent with a hen.
(d) An unhealthy young man who smirks.

3. What object does Lysistrata use as a metaphor to show how they will solve Greece's problems?
(a) A day-old loaf of bread.
(b) A field of flowers in spring.
(c) A tangled skein of wool.
(d) A skin of wine, not yet aged.

4. In Lysistrata, after the Acropolis is opened, is it apparent that there are more men or women in the stand-off?
(a) Women.
(b) Women, but the men are more powerful.
(c) Men, but the women are smarter.
(d) Men.

5. Strepsiades tells the First Creditor he would make a very good what?
(a) Table.
(b) Model.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Wine skin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the Choruses of Old Men and Old Women confront each other after the temporary defeat, the Old Men tell a tale of a man named what?

2. Who is the first woman to join Lysistrata?

3. Wrong tells Pheidippides not to listen to Right because he will grow up and be what?

4. The Athenian women of Lysistrata are impressed with Lampito's what?

5. What do The Chorus of Old Men carry onto the stage in their first appearance in Lysistrata?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lysistrata.

2. After his education, what does Pheidippides consider acceptable in regard to his relationships with his parents?

3. Describe Cinesias.

4. How do the Choruses react to the scene between Cinesias and Myrrhine?

5. Describe the first confrontation between the Choruses of Men and Women in Lysistrata.

6. How are the women reacting to the sex strike? What does this say about the women?

7. Describe the oath the four women take in Lysistrata.

8. Describe how Strepsiades finally gets Pheidippides to attend The Thinkery.

9. Outline Right's argument in the formal debate.

10. Describe the Magistrate in Part 3 of Lysistrata.

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