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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. Why is Lysistrata angry in the beginning of the play?
(a) Her saffron robe is ripped.
(b) None of the women have arrived at the meeting.
(c) She can't get to sleep.
(d) Her husband is too attentive.

2. What does Socrates tell Strepsiades about Pheidippides's progress?
(a) Pheidippides is ready to argue.
(b) Pheidippides needs more time.
(c) Pheidippides refused to learn anything.
(d) Pheidippides may go, but he won't win all of the arguments.

3. In The Clouds, what does the First Creditor look like?
(a) He is very pale.
(b) He is very fat.
(c) He is very handsome.
(d) He is very thin.

4. In Lysistrata, where is Ismenia from?
(a) Athens.
(b) Boeotia.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Megara.

5. Who did Lysistrata expect to be at her meeting first?
(a) The Acharnians.
(b) The Spartians.
(c) The Megarians.
(d) The Clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lysistrata, as she speaks to Stratylis, what are the women doing that upsets her so much?

2. In Lysistrata, after the Acropolis is opened, is it apparent that there are more men or women in the stand-off?

3. Who provides the rules for Right and Wrong's argument?

4. In Lysistrata, a sure sign of courage is, according to the Men, what?

5. What day does Strepsiades tell Pheidippides he owes the creditors money?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lysistrata rally the women?

2. Outline Wrong's argument in the formal debate.

3. What does dressing the Magistrate as a woman symbolize?

4. How has The Chorus of The Clouds changed throughout the play?

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

6. Describe Lysistrata.

7. What do the pitchers carried by The Chorus of Old Women represent?

8. What do The Chorus of Old Men's pots symbolize?

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

10. How does The Clouds end?

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