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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. Socrates and Strepsiades brainstorm ways that Strepsiades can what?

2. What does Dikaiopolis do after he makes peace?

3. How does Dikaiopolis make peace?

4. What does the second ambassador bring as a gift during the assembly?

5. Who comes in after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Describe Dikaiopolis in the beginning of The Acharnians.

6. What happens to the Chorus of Archanians when Diakaiopolis finishes his defense?

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

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

9. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

10. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

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

Now that we know a frame is a literary and dramatic device used to give the audience a way to look and understand the world of the play, such as Dikaiopolis suggesting in his beginning monologue all of his best memories are from theatre experiences, identify at least three other frames in the plays by Aristophanes. Know that frames can be physical as well as cultural or historical. Compare and contrast the frames used by Aristophanes and how the play would be different without them.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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