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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 is the first woman to join Lysistrata?

2. What is the first question Lysistrata poses the assembled women?

3. What will The Chorus of Clouds do for the theatre judges for a favorable outcome?

4. As quoted in Lysistrata, complete Euripides' statement. "There is no beast so shameless as a ____"?

5. In Part 1, Calonice tells Lysistrata that Athenians can always be relied on to be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lysistrata.

2. How has The Chorus of The Clouds changed throughout the play?

3. How does Lysistrata rally the women?

4. Describe Cinesias.

5. How will The Chorus of The Clouds react if mistreated?

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

7. Outline Wrong's argument in the formal debate.

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

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

10. What do the pitchers carried by The Chorus of Old Women represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several characters in Aristophanes's lexicon let their self-interest get in the way of everyday life. Name three characters that do this, not all from the same play, and discuss how they are alike and different.

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

Aristophanes, as well as many other playwrights, has included historical figures in his work. As we know, Euripidies was an actual tragic playwright, and he is a character in the play. However, Cleon is another example of a real historical figure, though he is never represented onstage. Do you think fictional works affect how historical figures are presented, and if so, does it have a positive or negative effect on the person? Compare and contrast how you see Euripidies's, Cleon's, and Socrates's personalities today, and give evidence to support your conclusions.

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