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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 Lysistrata suggest the Magistrate and all the men do?

2. What pair enter from the school as Strepsiades instructs Socrates what to teach Pheidippides?

3. Lysistrata sees a man in the distance by the shrine of Chloe. What is vexing him?

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

5. Before the women took the Acropolis, the Magistrate had trouble with women. What did the last woman do to upset the Magistrate?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Cinesias.

3. Describe Lysistrata.

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

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

6. How does Lysistrata rally the women?

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

8. After his education, what does Pheidippides consider acceptable in regard to his relationships with his parents?

9. What do The Chorus of Old Men's pots symbolize?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the world Aristophanes weaves for us in The Acharnians, politics and satire are so wrapped up in each other they are almost impossible to separate. Why do these two concepts go so well together? What makes this work, and if you separated them, what would happen to the play? What about how politics are practiced in Lysistrata?

Essay Topic 2

These three plays speak to a broad spectrum of culture, life, ritual, and relationships in Ancient Greece. Pick three concepts that still exist today, and relate them to present time. Use materials from the book and trace how your three concepts have traveled through time and how they exist now. Some ideas include education, politics, and religion.

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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