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

2. Who throws off a cloak at the end of the debate between Right and Wrong, running out into the audience wearing female clothing?

3. As they fighting goes on between the Choruses, who "accepts defeat for the time being"?

4. What does The Chorus of The Clouds predict about Strepsiades after this encounter with the Second Creditor?

5. Lysistrata comes out from the Acropolis and meets Stratyllis, how does she act?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the second meeting of the Choruses in Lysistrata.

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

5. How does The Clouds end?

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

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

8. Compare and contrast Calonice and Myrrhine.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Outline the current state of affairs or status quo in The Acharnians or Lysistrata. Include three major areas of topic, such as politics, religion, or trade.

Essay Topic 2

Wine is used throughout The Acharnians and Lysistrata as a symbol. Describe what it means and what it symbolizes. How does that symbol develop throughout its use in the plays? What does using wine mean for the festival of plays in Athens?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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