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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?
(a) Though the chimney.
(b) Through the window.
(c) Through the basement.
(d) Through the back door.

3. How does Bdelycleon counter his father's arguments?
(a) He says politicians are the ones with real power and use the court for personal gain.
(b) He says that the people attending the courts are too old.
(c) He says that defendants have too much power over judges.
(d) He says that judges have too much power and the courts should be disbanded.

4. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?
(a) Women shaped clouds.
(b) Birds.
(c) Cats.
(d) Dogs.

5. Who is being tried in the makeshift court Bdelycleon in his house at the end of The Wasps?
(a) Philocleon.
(b) Cleon.
(c) A dog.
(d) A duck.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?

2. Who is Calonice's relationship with Lysistrata?

3. How successful is Dicaeopolis' argument to the crowd?

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

5. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus transforming into in the woods?

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