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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What plan is proposed during the meeting at the beginning of Lysistrata?
(a) That women stop cleaning their husband's clothes.
(b) That women stop cooking.
(c) That women withhold sex to force the men to stop the war.
(d) That women stop doing the chores.

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

3. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?
(a) Birds.
(b) Cats.
(c) Women shaped clouds.
(d) Dogs.

4. What are Bdelycleon and his father, Philocleon's, views on Cleon?
(a) Bdelycleon loves Cleon and Philocleon hates Cleon.
(b) They both love Cleon.
(c) They both hate Cleon.
(d) Bdelycleon hates Cleon and Philocleon loves Cleon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?

4. How is Cleon's rival able to win?

5. Who enrolls in the think-shop in Pheidippides' stead?

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