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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dicaeopolis fears the mob, who does Dicaeopolis go to see for help?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) The Persian king.

2. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?
(a) Pheidippides.
(b) Plato.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Socrates.

3. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A bag of coal.
(d) A child.

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

5. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?
(a) The government.
(b) The high taxes.
(c) A beating they received from their master.
(d) The war with Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Cleon's rival able to win?

2. Who is Demosthenes and Nicias' master?

3. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?

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

5. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

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