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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. Who provides the rules for Right and Wrong's argument?

2. What is Lysistrata going to do to enforce her ban in Athens?

3. The Chorus of Old Men primarily praise what, as they struggle to the Acropolis?

4. Strepsiades tells the First Creditor he would make a very good what?

5. How is Right dressed in Part 3 of The Clouds?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the oath the four women take in Lysistrata.

2. Compare and contrast Calonice and Myrrhine.

3. Before they begin the formal debate, what are some of the things Right and Wrong bicker about?

4. How are the women reacting to the sex strike? What does this say about the women?

5. Outline Right's argument in the formal debate.

6. In the past, how did the women of Lysistrata feel about the political blunders of their husbands? How did they deal with it?

7. Describe how Strepsiades finally gets Pheidippides to attend The Thinkery.

8. Who is Lampito? Describe how she is treated by the Athenian women.

9. How does The Clouds end?

10. Describe the first confrontation between the Choruses of Men and Women in Lysistrata.

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

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 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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