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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. How many samples of peace does Dikaioplois have to choose from?

2. Does Dikaiopolis sell to the slave?

3. What does Dikaiopolis want to do before his trial?

4. How many members of the Chorus of Acharnians have been elected to serve as an ambassador?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. The Leader of The Chorus of The Clouds directly addresses the audience just after Strepsiades enters The Thinkery. Summarize their direct appeal.

2. Describe what and how the students study at Socrates's school.

3. How does Dikaiopolis set up his shop?

4. Describe the army sent from Thrace brought by Theorus.

5. What is the Chorus of Acharnians's attitude toward Dikaiopolis and Lamachus at the end of the play?

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

7. How does the Chorus of Acharnians feel about Dikaiopolis after the Megaran leaves?

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

9. Describe Dikaiopolis in the beginning of The Acharnians.

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

War and peace are topics discussed at length in Aristophanes plays. Discuss how their concepts change in the series of plays and what Aristophanes overall message is to Athens.

Essay Topic 2

Talk about the problems involved with the female empowerment in Lysistrata.

Essay Topic 3

How is the majority of conflict resolved in Ancient Greece? In Aristophanes's work, name a conflict, no matter how large or small, in each of the three plays and talk about how it develops and how it is resolved.

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