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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the relationship between Strepsiades and Pheidippides?
(a) Two generals.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Two friends.
(d) Two merchant.

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

3. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?
(a) Cooking bad food and accusing them.
(b) Not cleaning the beetle's stall.
(c) Not doing his share of chores.
(d) Weaseling his way into a position of trust for personal gain.

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

5. How old is Dicaeopolis?
(a) He is a young man.
(b) He is a middle aged man.
(c) He is a young boy.
(d) He is an old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Strepsiades trying to do after relenting over beating Pheidippides?

2. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?

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

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

5. What became of Pheidippides?

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