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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are Mnesilochus and his cousin going to at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?
(a) Demeter festival.
(b) Zeus Festival.
(c) Poseidon feast.
(d) Athena's banquet.

2. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?
(a) He goes to Sparta.
(b) He goes to the Oracle.
(c) He meets a man named Amphitheus.
(d) He meets Dionysus.

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

4. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?
(a) Not to clean the house.
(b) Not to pass gas or use the bathroom for 3 days.
(c) Not to go to Sparta.
(d) Not to follow him on another beetle.

5. What god(s) does Trygeaeus find willingly remain in heaven?
(a) The goddess of poverty.
(b) The god of wealth.
(c) The god of war and Hermes.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis do after the meeting with the Spartans?

2. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?

3. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?

4. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, what questions did the interrogator ask Mnesilochus to try to determine if he is a woman?

(see the answer key)

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