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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Sosias and Xanthias doing at the start of The Wasps?
(a) Keeping watch over their master Bdelycleon's house.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Writing a play.
(d) Playing cards.

2. What prevented peace from being released sooner according to Trygaeus and Hermes?
(a) The beetle.
(b) Generals.
(c) The government.
(d) War profiteering.

3. Why isn't Xanthias allowed to go across the river with Dionysus?
(a) He is a slave.
(b) He is too heavy.
(c) He can fly.
(d) He wants to swim.

4. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?
(a) A child.
(b) A bag of coal.
(c) A woman.
(d) A man.

5. What became of Pheidippides?
(a) He continues betting.
(b) He stole money and ran away.
(c) He leaves his father's house.
(d) He becomes pale and ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Thesmophoriazusae, what does Mnesilochus do to defend himself after being uncovered as a man?

2. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?

3. In The Assemblywomen, what does Praxagora want to do to remedy the situation in Athens?

4. What god is caught wandering on earth at the end of The Birds?

5. What is the relationship between Strepsiades and Pheidippides?

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