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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 take as tax from the Thebian?

2. In The Clouds, who is the protagonist's son?

3. Lamachus requests what at the end of the play, The Acharnians?

4. What does the Ambassador from Persia bring back to the Assembly?

5. Who does Strepsiades complain to while he is supposed to be sleeping?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dikaiopolis in the beginning of The Acharnians.

2. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

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

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

5. In The Acharnians, what do you think the playwright is saying about the way of war and the way of peace as his overall message?

6. How is Euripidies depicted in The Acharnians?

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

8. 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?

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

10. What can the Thebian use the Informer for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Megarian is a classic rural stereotype Aristophanes uses to poke fun at another city and way of life. However, this is hardly the only stereotype used in the play. Identify another stereotype used by Aristophanes, keeping in mind stereotypes are not always about race. What has Aristophanes gained or lost by this depiction?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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