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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?
(a) Naked.
(b) On his hand.
(c) Dressed as a woman.
(d) Dressed as a bird.

2. Upon his arrival at the think-shop, how is Strepsiades greeted?
(a) Somebody takes his cloak.
(b) Somebody takes his shoes.
(c) Somebody takes his toga.
(d) Somebody takes his gloves.

3. Who is Dionysus in route to at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) His half-brother, Heracles.
(b) The oracle.
(c) To see Hades.
(d) To see Zeus.

4. Who is Xanthias at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) A nymph.
(b) Dionysus' slave.
(c) A playwright.
(d) A God.

5. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus propose to the one they meet in the woods?
(a) That the birds fly south to a better climate.
(b) That the birds dance to bring rain.
(c) That the birds unite to take control of the earth.
(d) That the monkeys start building houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hoopoe's servant claim to be when Euelpides and Pisthetaerus first meet him?

2. What technique does Strepsiades use to justify the beatings he gave to his father?

3. What does the teacher eventually decide about Strepsiades?

4. What is Pheidippides' vice as introduced in the beginning of The Clouds?

5. Who is Pisthetaerus going to take control of at the end of The Birds?

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