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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lysistrata.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How is the chorus of old men dressed when they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?
(a) As cats.
(b) As birds.
(c) As donkeys.
(d) As wasps.
2. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?
(a) Everyone that enrolls loses money.
(b) Everyone that enrolls abandons betting.
(c) Everyone that enrolls dies.
(d) Everyone that enrolls is pale and ugly.
3. What does Trygaeus discover upon his arrival in heaven?
(a) He needs an appointment to be received by the gods.
(b) The gods are too inebriated to receive him.
(c) The beetle is dead.
(d) Almost all the gods left.
4. What happens when Bdelycleon tries to sell the donkey himself?
(a) Philocleon tries to escape again.
(b) Philocleon tries to hide under the donkey.
(c) Philocleon tries to kill the donkey.
(d) Philocleon tries to sell a horse.
5. Who attends the meeting organized by Lysistrata?
(a) The women of Greece.
(b) The men of Athens.
(c) Athens' constables.
(d) Athens' parliament.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?
2. Why do the old women take over that particular building in Lysistrata?
3. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?
4. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?
5. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?
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