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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 Men's leader must give up onions in order to do what?
(a) Kiss Stratyllis.
(b) Enter the temple.
(c) Win the war.
(d) Fit in his robes.

2. 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?
(a) Perecles.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Melanion.
(d) Zeus.

3. As the Choruses exchange words in Lysistrata upon their first meeting, Stratyllis offers to give the Men's Leader a what?
(a) Bath.
(b) Foot Massage.
(c) Feast.
(d) Roast.

4. Who provides the rules for Right and Wrong's argument?
(a) Strepsiades.
(b) The Chorus Leader.
(c) Pheidippides.
(d) Socrates.

5. What have the women done for the war effort, up to the play?
(a) Repaired the torn uniforms of the soldiers.
(b) Given their sons and daughters.
(c) Handled local government while the soldiers are gone.
(d) Supplied the armies with homemade meals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 4 of Lysistrata, all of the women's excuses for wanting to leave the Acropolis are what?

2. How is Right dressed in Part 3 of The Clouds?

3. In The Clouds, what does the Second Creditor look like?

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

5. The man spotted by Lysistrata in Part 4 is actually a husband, belonging to one of the women present. Whose husband is he?

Short Essay Questions

1. The Chorus of Old Men also push logs up to the Acropolis. How do they handle the task and what does that symbolize?

2. Describe the Magistrate in Part 3 of Lysistrata.

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

4. Before they begin the formal debate, what are some of the things Right and Wrong bicker about?

5. How will The Chorus of The Clouds react if mistreated?

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

7. How does The Clouds end?

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

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

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

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