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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. Strepsiades goes back to The Thinkery to check and see if Pheidippides is ready. Who answers the door?
(a) The Student.
(b) Pheidippides.
(c) Socrates.
(d) The Chours of Clouds

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

3. The Chorus of Old Men primarily condemn what, as they struggle to the Acropolis?
(a) Reckless Athenian Women.
(b) The Gods.
(c) Spartian music.
(d) Powerful Athenian Warriors.

4. The women assembled are all ready to do anything to end the war except what?
(a) Renounce sex.
(b) Walk through fire.
(c) Sell everything they own.
(d) Cut themselves in two.

5. As they fighting goes on between the Choruses, who "accepts defeat for the time being"?
(a) The Chorus of Old Women.
(b) Stratyllis.
(c) The Chorus of Old Men.
(d) Lampito.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Lysistrata going to do to enforce her ban in Athens?

3. As The Chorus of Old Men slowly get their fires going, who runs to the scene?

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

5. The Chorus of Old Men primarily praise what, as they struggle to the Acropolis?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lysistrata.

2. How does The Clouds end?

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

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

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

6. Compare and contrast Calonice and Myrrhine.

7. Describe the Magistrate in Part 3 of Lysistrata.

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

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

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

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