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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?
(a) The merchant.
(b) Cleon.
(c) The sausage merchant.
(d) The backer.

3. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?
(a) The horrors of Spartan food.
(b) The horrors of marriage.
(c) The horrors of the ongoing war against Sparta.
(d) The horrors of taxation.

4. What is Pheidippides' vice as introduced in the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) Cards.
(b) Horse betting.
(c) Women.
(d) Drug.

5. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?
(a) Dressed as a bird.
(b) On his hand.
(c) Naked.
(d) Dressed as a woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Strepsiades doing to convince Pheidippides to stop betting?

2. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?

3. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?

4. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?

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

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