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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 Athenian women of Lysistrata are impressed with Lampito's what?
(a) Clothes.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Hair.
(d) Physical form.

2. According to Lysistrata, as she speaks to Stratylis, what are the women doing that upsets her so much?
(a) Deserting.
(b) Going on a hunger-strike.
(c) Eating too much.
(d) Looting the temple.

3. As The Chorus of Old Men slowly get their fires going, who runs to the scene?
(a) The Chorus of Old Women.
(b) The Chorus of Young Women.
(c) Lysistrata.
(d) Lampito.

4. What pair enter from the school as Strepsiades instructs Socrates what to teach Pheidippides?
(a) Light and Dark.
(b) Love and Hate.
(c) Right and Wrong.
(d) War and Peace.

5. Wrong tells Pheidippides not to listen to Right because he will grow up and be what?
(a) Unable to communicate.
(b) Smarter than everyone.
(c) A boring little baby.
(d) Liked by too many people.

Short Answer Questions

1. As quoted in Lysistrata, complete Euripides' statement. "There is no beast so shameless as a ____"?

2. Now that Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes all of the fascinating things learned in the school, how does Pheidippdes feel about learning?

3. Who is the leader of The Chorus of Old Women in Lysistrata?

4. The women assembled are all ready to do anything to end the war except what?

5. How do Stratyllis and the Men's Leader and their followers get ready to fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. In the past, how did the women of Lysistrata feel about the political blunders of their husbands? How did they deal with it?

7. How does Lysistrata rally the women?

8. Compare and contrast Calonice and Myrrhine.

9. Describe the Magistrate in Part 3 of Lysistrata.

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

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