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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Bridegroom's Slave offer Dikaiopolis for just one ladle of peace?

2. How does Dikaiopolis agree to speak his side to the Chorus of Acharnians?

3. What did Dercetes lose?

4. In the beginning of The Acharnians, who arrives late to the assembly and speaks to the crowd first?

5. How does Dikaiopolis make peace?

Short Essay Questions

1. Dikaiopolis and Lamachus meet again just after Dikaiopolis shared a few drops of peace with the bride. What is notable about how their situations have changed since the beginning of the play?

2. Why is Strepsiades so fretful he can't even sleep in the beginning of The Clouds?

3. What kind of teacher is Socrates in The Clouds?

4. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

5. How does Dikaiopolis react when Dercetes asks him to share some of the peace?

6. Describe the outfit Dikaiopolis assembles for his defense.

7. What do all the bugs in The Thinkery suggest?

8. How is Euripidies depicted in The Acharnians?

9. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

10. What is Dikaiopolis'S strategy in choosing the Peace?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Talk about the two major kinds of male-to-male relationships that were common in Ancient Greece.

Essay Topic 2

The gods and goddesses are peppered through Aristophanes's work. Collect and describe the gods place in Athenian everyday life. Talk about the relationship between the gods and the people.

Essay Topic 3

Several characters in Aristophanes's lexicon let their self-interest get in the way of everyday life. Name three characters that do this, not all from the same play, and discuss how they are alike and different.

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