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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is getting married at the end of The Birds?
(a) Hera and Zeus.
(b) Sovereignty and Hoopoe.
(c) Hera and Pisthetaerus.
(d) Sovereignty and Pisthetaerus.

2. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?
(a) That his slaves will escape.
(b) That his father will try to sell another donkey.
(c) That other legal maniacs will try to free his father.
(d) That his slaves will help his father.

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

4. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cleon.
(d) Horse.

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, what punishment do the women want to apply to Mnesilochus' cousin?
(a) Chores.
(b) Death.
(c) Castration.
(d) A fine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are fighting over the young man at the end of The Assemblywomen?

2. How did Mnesilochus' cousin try to free him at the end of Thesmophoriazusae?

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, how did the women try to uncover the spy during the court proceedings?

4. What does Trygaeus discover upon his arrival in heaven?

5. How is the disagreement between Euripides and his opponent settled?

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