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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Amphitheus meets with the Spartans?
(a) He declares war on Sparta.
(b) A peace deal is made.
(c) He is imprisoned.
(d) He has a good meal.

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

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

4. In the Clouds, where does Socrates go when he needs to think?
(a) In his bed.
(b) Upside down.
(c) In a closet.
(d) In a basket suspended from the ceiling.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the think-shop, who is Strepsiades presented to after his enrollment?

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

4. Whose money is Pheidippides betting with at the beginning of The Clouds?

5. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?

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