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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?
(a) He loves the courts.
(b) He loves women.
(c) He loves women.
(d) He loves drinking.

2. What task is assigned to Sosias and Xanthias?
(a) Keeping their master's father, Philocleon, in the house.
(b) Keeping playwrights from entering the house.
(c) Keeping their master's father from entering the house.
(d) Keeping beggars from entering the house.

3. What is the reaction of the one that is supposed to replace Cleon?
(a) Frightened.
(b) He refuses the honor.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Overjoyed.

4. In the Wasps, what is the second trick Philocleon uses to try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?
(a) Needs to go to the doctor.
(b) He is a defendant in a case.
(c) Needs to see a sick friend.
(d) Sells a donkey at the market.

5. What does Lysistrata want in the play, Lysistrata?
(a) More food.
(b) New clothes.
(c) Access to the Olympic Games.
(d) To end the War between Sparta and Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Cinesias looking for when he comes to the building occupied by the women?

2. Who is specifically targeted in Bdelycleon's counter-argument?

3. How is Cinesias treated when he arrives at the building occupied by the women?

4. What is Cleon's rival, the sausage merchant's real name?

5. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?

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