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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis agree to?
(a) To enlist in Athens' army.
(b) To talk to the assembly to help lower taxes.
(c) To go back to Sparta.
(d) To put his head on the chopping block while he makes his case to the crowd.

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

3. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?
(a) Athens to surrender to Sparta.
(b) Sparta to surrender to Athens.
(c) His wife to come back from the Oracle.
(d) The assembly to begin.

4. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Chess.
(c) Darts.
(d) Fighting.

5. How does Bdelycleon counter his father's arguments?
(a) He says that the people attending the courts are too old.
(b) He says that defendants have too much power over judges.
(c) He says politicians are the ones with real power and use the court for personal gain.
(d) He says that judges have too much power and the courts should be disbanded.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Cleon outbid for support at the Boule?

2. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?

3. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?

4. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?

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

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