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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 do after the meeting with the Spartans?
(a) He goes to sleep.
(b) He hides in his house.
(c) He goes to the Assembly.
(d) He organizes a feast to the God Dionysus.

2. What is the relationship between Strepsiades and Pheidippides?
(a) Father and son.
(b) Two merchant.
(c) Two friends.
(d) Two generals.

3. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?
(a) Burns his home down.
(b) Burns the school down.
(c) Enrolls himself in the school again.
(d) Asks his son to leave the house.

4. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?
(a) To help him find a wife.
(b) To help him defeat Sparta.
(c) To broker a private peace deal between Athens and Sparta.
(d) To help him flee to Sparta.

5. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?
(a) A beating they received from their master.
(b) The war with Sparta.
(c) The high taxes.
(d) The government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?

2. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?

3. At the think-shop, who is Strepsiades presented to after his enrollment?

4. What does Bdelycleon order his slaves to do?

5. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?

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