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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Lysistrata, what are some of the women trying to do while guarding the building they took over?
(a) Go to Sparta.
(b) Kill their husband.
(c) Sneak out to have food.
(d) Sneak out to have sex.

2. What became of Pheidippides?
(a) He becomes pale and ugly.
(b) He leaves his father's house.
(c) He continues betting.
(d) He stole money and ran away.

3. At the end of Peace, how does the celebration end?
(a) People are celebrating, using war instruments as peaceful tools.
(b) Zeus refuses to assist in the wedding.
(c) War comes back.
(d) People steal the bride and escape flying on a giant beetle.

4. What must Athenians and Trygaeus' servants prepare for when Trygaeus returns?
(a) A feast to celebrate war.
(b) A festival wedding.
(c) A funeral.
(d) The invasion of Sparta.

5. What god(s) does Trygeaeus find willingly remain in heaven?
(a) The goddess of poverty.
(b) Zeus.
(c) The god of wealth.
(d) The god of war and Hermes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lysistrata want in the play, Lysistrata?

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

3. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?

4. In Peace, why is War leaving heaven after his servant returns empty handed from earth?

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

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