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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. In Part 4 of Lysistrata, all of the women's excuses for wanting to leave the Acropolis are what?

2. As the Choruses exchange words in Lysistrata upon their first meeting, Stratyllis offers to give the Men's Leader a what?

3. In Lysistrata, after the women douse the men with water, who enters?

4. In Lysistrata, after the Acropolis is opened, is it apparent that there are more men or women in the stand-off?

5. What is notable about the Spartan garments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Cinesias.

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

3. What does dressing the Magistrate as a woman symbolize?

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

5. How do the Choruses react to the scene between Cinesias and Myrrhine?

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

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

8. How does The Clouds end?

9. How does Lysistrata rally the women?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the majority of conflict resolved in Ancient Greece? In Aristophanes's work, name a conflict, no matter how large or small, in each of the three plays and talk about how it develops and how it is resolved.

Essay Topic 2

War and peace are topics discussed at length in Aristophanes plays. Discuss how their concepts change in the series of plays and what Aristophanes overall message is to Athens.

Essay Topic 3

Some of the situations and ideas expressed by Aristophanes throughout his work may come across today as offensive. Keeping in mind the range of things people find comedic today, talk about what those situations were and why they were historically considered fodder for comedy. In short, what did Ancient Greece find funny, and how have we changed?

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