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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Trygaeus frees peace, who steals Trygaeus' beetle?
(a) Hera.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Peace.
(d) Hermes.

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

4. In Thesmophoriazusae, what do the women try to do to Mnesilochus to confirm that he is a man?
(a) Imprison him.
(b) Kill him.
(c) Undress him.
(d) Expel him from the assembly.

5. Who is specifically targeted in Bdelycleon's counter-argument?
(a) The government as a whole.
(b) Nobody is targeted.
(c) Cleon.
(d) Siseron.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the chorus of old men dressed when they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?

2. Who do the men see women, according to Lysistrata?

3. In the Wasps, what is the second trick Philocleon uses to try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

4. Why do the old women take over that particular building in Lysistrata?

5. At the end of Peace, how does the celebration end?

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