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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the visitor from Sparta hiding under his tunic?
(a) A large erection.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A spear.
(d) A shield.

2. Who is Pisthetaerus going to take control of at the end of The Birds?
(a) Zeus' wife, Hera.
(b) Zeus' father, Cronus.
(c) Zeus' mistress, Sovereignty.
(d) Zeus' brother, Hades

3. What way does Dionysus choose to use to enter Hades?
(a) He swims across.
(b) Go the long way across the river.
(c) He goes back home.
(d) He waits for his master.

4. What is Praxagora's plan at the beginning of The Assemblywomen?
(a) To blackmail politicians.
(b) To violently take control of parliament.
(c) To come early to the Athenian parliament to take a majority of seats.
(d) To leave town with all the women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Thesmophoraizusae, who speaks for the prosecution in the case against Euripides?

2. How is Cleon outbid for support at the Boule?

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, what do the women try to do to Mnesilochus to confirm that he is a man?

4. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?

5. How did Praxagora's women dress the morning of the coup?

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