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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the judges entitled to according to Bdelycleon?
(a) A small percentage of the money politicians extort using the courts.
(b) A small percentage of the taxes.
(c) A small percentage of the belongings of those condemned.
(d) A small percentage of the court fees.

2. After Trygaeus frees peace, who steals Trygaeus' beetle?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Peace.
(d) Hera.

3. Whose money is Pheidippides betting with at the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) His own.
(b) His father, Strepsiades' money.
(c) His sister's money.
(d) Money from a loan.

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

5. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?
(a) Not to follow him on another beetle.
(b) Not to pass gas or use the bathroom for 3 days.
(c) Not to go to Sparta.
(d) Not to clean the house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the visitor from Sparta hiding under his tunic?

2. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?

3. What do the old women do while the meeting is being held?

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

5. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?

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