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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose money is Pheidippides betting with at the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) His own.
(b) Money from a loan.
(c) His sister's money.
(d) His father, Strepsiades' money.

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

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

4. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?
(a) Strepsiades will soon create more debt.
(b) Strepsiades will soon be out of debt.
(c) Strepsiades will soon create his own school.
(d) Strepsiades will soon die.

5. What is Pheidippides' vice as introduced in the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) Horse betting.
(b) Drug.
(c) Women.
(d) Cards.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?

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

4. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?

5. Who do Demosthenes and Nicias think is the cause of their trouble?

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