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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Great men of the future.
(b) Great men of the past.
(c) Athens' merchant.
(d) Cleon.

2. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?
(a) A sausage vendor.
(b) A god.
(c) A general.
(d) A backer.

3. What happens to Amphitheus?
(a) He goes back to Sparta.
(b) He has a meal with Acharnians.
(c) He is captured by a gang of Acharnians.
(d) He visits Acharnian farms.

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

5. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?
(a) Everyone is afraid of Cleon.
(b) Cleon is being emancipated.
(c) Everyone loves Cleon.
(d) Cleon is a Spartan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?

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

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

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

5. Upon his arrival at the think-shop, how is Strepsiades greeted?

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