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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. Now that Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes all of the fascinating things learned in the school, how does Pheidippdes feel about learning?
(a) Pheidippdes gets excited about the school also.
(b) Pheidippdes is anxious he isn't smart enough to learn.
(c) Pheidippdes still thinks the school is foolish.
(d) Pheidippdes rethinks his original feelings about the school.

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

3. In The Clouds, who is "the bravest man that has performed the greatest number of labors"?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Heracles.
(d) Poseidon.

4. The Chorus of Old Men primarily praise what, as they struggle to the Acropolis?
(a) Athenian Women.
(b) Athenian Food.
(c) The Gods.
(d) Athenian Warriors.

5. What is notable about the Spartan garments?
(a) They button up the back.
(b) They are all split on the side.
(c) They are all red.
(d) They are all blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cinesias tell Lysistrata he wants?

2. As they fighting goes on between the Choruses, who "accepts defeat for the time being"?

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

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

5. In Lysistrata, where is Ismenia from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Magistrate in Part 3 of Lysistrata.

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

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

5. Describe Cinesias.

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

7. How does Lysistrata rally the women?

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

9. Describe Lysistrata.

10. How does The Clouds end?

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