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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Frogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus think the gods can be supplanted?
(a) By building a castle between earth and heaven.
(b) By stealing Zeus' thunder.
(c) By dressing like birds.
(d) By stealing fire from men.

2. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Pheidippides.
(d) Socrates.

3. What is the relationship between Strepsiades and Pheidippides?
(a) Two merchant.
(b) Two generals.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Two friends.

4. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus claim to be after their encounter with the servant?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Rats.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Birds.

5. What river does Dionysus go across?
(a) Rubicon.
(b) Acheloos.
(c) Aliakmonas.
(d) The Styx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus doing at the start of The Birds?

2. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?

3. What way does Dionysus choose to use to enter Hades?

4. Why isn't Xanthias allowed to go across the river with Dionysus?

5. What question do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to ask at the beginning of The Birds?

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