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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Getting drunk and stealing wine.
(c) Talking military tactics.
(d) They are sleeping.

2. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Horse.

3. Who do Demosthenes and Nicias think is the cause of their trouble?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Their master.
(d) Athena.

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

5. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?
(a) To help him write a play.
(b) To borrow the beggar costume.
(c) To have him write a speech.
(d) To go hunting with him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Cleon's rival, the sausage merchant's real name?

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

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

5. How old is Dicaeopolis?

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