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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 Dikaiopolis swap with the Thebian?

2. Who can Socrates just not teach in The Clouds?

3. How do Ismenias and the slaves pack Nicharus?

4. Why does Nicarchus denounce the Thebian?

5. Who does Dikaiopolis meet after he leaves the assembly for home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

2. What can the Thebian use the Informer for?

3. Why are the Chorus of Acharnians angry as they make their first appearance in The Acharnians?

4. Describe in detail what has caused Strepsiades to accumulate so much debt.

5. What is Pheidippides immediate opinion of Socrates's school?

6. Describe "The Great King's Eye."

7. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

8. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

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

10. Describe the entourage that enters with the Thebian, Dikaiopolis' second customer.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wine is used throughout The Acharnians and Lysistrata as a symbol. Describe what it means and what it symbolizes. How does that symbol develop throughout its use in the plays? What does using wine mean for the festival of plays in Athens?

Essay Topic 2

The sacrifice of peace to Dionysus was a ritual performed in The Acharnians. though there are several more that occur in the three plays. Pick one other ritual and describe it in detail. Relate it to the sacrifice to Dionysis. How is it similar? Different? What makes it a ritual?

Essay Topic 3

Outline the current state of affairs or status quo in The Acharnians or Lysistrata. Include three major areas of topic, such as politics, religion, or trade.

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