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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Based on the debate, what does Philocleon like about the court?
(a) Being able to rest in the court and being paid.
(b) Hearing the arguments and having power over the judge.
(c) Having power of the defendant and sleeping in the court.
(d) Hearing the arguments, being paid and having power over the defendant.

2. Who tries to burn down the gates after the women take over the building?
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) The women.
(d) A chorus of men.

3. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?
(a) Strepsiades will soon die.
(b) Strepsiades will soon create his own school.
(c) Strepsiades will soon create more debt.
(d) Strepsiades will soon be out of debt.

4. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Horse.
(d) Sparta.

5. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?
(a) Cooking bad food and accusing them.
(b) Weaseling his way into a position of trust for personal gain.
(c) Not doing his share of chores.
(d) Not cleaning the beetle's stall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trygaeus propose to Hermes in exchange for his help?

2. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?

3. In Peace, what is Hermes trying to prevent after War leaves heaven?

4. What does Trygaeus do after arriving in heaven?

5. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?

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