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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?
(a) To help him defeat Sparta.
(b) To broker a private peace deal between Athens and Sparta.
(c) To help him find a wife.
(d) To help him flee to Sparta.

2. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?
(a) He meets Dionysus.
(b) He goes to the Oracle.
(c) He goes to Sparta.
(d) He meets a man named Amphitheus.

3. 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.

4. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?
(a) Athens to surrender to Sparta.
(b) The assembly to begin.
(c) Sparta to surrender to Athens.
(d) His wife to come back from the Oracle.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reaction of the one that is supposed to replace Cleon?

2. What happens to Amphitheus?

3. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?

4. What happens when Amphitheus meets with the Spartans?

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

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