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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?
(a) They were sold to Sparta.
(b) They were burned down by Spartans.
(c) They were built on loose soil.
(d) They had good crops.

2. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?
(a) Internal policies.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Trivial things.
(d) The war.

3. What happens to Amphitheus?
(a) He has a meal with Acharnians.
(b) He goes back to Sparta.
(c) He visits Acharnian farms.
(d) He is captured by a gang of Acharnians.

4. In the Knights, what do the slaves want to do that has been forbidden?
(a) Go back to their master.
(b) Go see an Oracle.
(c) Go to Sparta.
(d) Kill Cleon.

5. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Great men of the past.
(b) Great men of the future.
(c) Cleon.
(d) Athens' merchant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?

2. Who do Demosthenes and Nicias think is the cause of their trouble?

3. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?

4. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?

5. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?

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