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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. Why doesn't the Chorus want War at his parties?

2. When Strepsiades returns home from the school, Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes someone doesn't exist. Who is that?

3. Socrates checks on a not-sleeping Strepsiades by doing what?

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

5. When Strepsiades and Pheidippides arrive at the school for the first time together, who answers the door?

Short Essay Questions

1. Dikaiopolis refuses business only to one slave. Why is that?

2. What is Diakaiopolis's argument to the Chorus of Acharnians in his defense?

3. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

4. Present the argument that finally wins a few drops of peace from Dikaiopolis.

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

6. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

7. Describe the outfit Dikaiopolis assembles for his defense.

8. 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?

9. How do the visiting Ambassadors appear to Dikaiopolis?

10. How is Euripidies depicted in The Acharnians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several other symbols, other than wine, are used in the three plays by Aristophanes. Pick three to describe and compare.

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

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?

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