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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is going to war while Dicaeopolis is at the contest?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Amphitheus.
(c) Lamachus.
(d) The Acharnians.

2. Who enrolls in the think-shop in Pheidippides' stead?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) A friend.

3. How successful is Dicaeopolis' argument to the crowd?
(a) Half of the crowd is convinced and the other half is not.
(b) No one is convinced.
(c) Women are convinced and men are not.
(d) Everyone is convinced.

4. What does the teacher eventually decide about Strepsiades?
(a) Strepsiades has learned everything he could.
(b) Strepsiades is too fat.
(c) Strepsiades cannot be taught.
(d) Strepsiades can become the master.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?

2. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?

3. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?

4. How old is Dicaeopolis?

5. In the Knights, what do the slaves want to do that has been forbidden?

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