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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. In Part 3 of Lysistrata, what moves the first woman to exit the temple and face the Magistrate to do so?
(a) The men started to smoke out the women.
(b) She went on her own free will.
(c) The men took a crowbar to the door.
(d) The men told her the gods would strike her down.

2. In The Clouds, what is the First Creditor collecting for?
(a) The pony.
(b) The chariot.
(c) The stable fees.
(d) The ash-colored horse.

3. After the Magistrate runs off to "show his colleagues" what the women did to him, who comes out on stage?
(a) Calonice.
(b) The Choruses.
(c) Lysistrata.
(d) Myrrhine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What pair enter from the school as Strepsiades instructs Socrates what to teach Pheidippides?

4. Pheidippides uses his education from The Thinkery to rationalize what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the second meeting of the Choruses in Lysistrata.

3. Describe Cinesias.

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

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

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

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

8. How does The Clouds end?

9. How does Lysistrata rally the women?

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

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