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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 hobby will probably bankrupt Strepsiades?
2. What does Dikaiopolis swap with the Thebian?
3. What is the least effective way Strepsiades comes up with evading his debt and the reason Socrates gives up?
4. Why does Nicarchus denounce the Thebian?
5. The Acharnians opens with a soliloquy by which character?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the outfit Dikaiopolis assembles for his defense.
2. What kind of teacher is Socrates in The Clouds?
3. How does Dikaiopolis react when Dercetes asks him to share some of the peace?
4. 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?
5. Why is Strepsiades so fretful he can't even sleep in the beginning of The Clouds?
6. The playwright highlights Dikaiopolis's character arc by juxtaposing Lamachus getting ready for battle with Dikaiopolis getting ready to go feast. How has the character of Dikaiopolis changed?
7. Describe the entourage that enters with the Thebian, Dikaiopolis' second customer.
8. What do all the bugs in The Thinkery suggest?
9. What kind of student is Strepsiades?
10. What is Pheidippides immediate opinion of Socrates's school?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Pick two characters from different plays and compare and contrast them. Draw a conclusion about Aristophanes's messages to Athenians.
Essay Topic 2
Some of the situations and ideas expressed by Aristophanes throughout his work may come across today as offensive. Keeping in mind the range of things people find comedic today, talk about what those situations were and why they were historically considered fodder for comedy. In short, what did Ancient Greece find funny, and how have we changed?
Essay Topic 3
Talk about the use of the fourth wall in Aristophanes's work. What is it and why is it important? Give specific examples from the three plays.
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