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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?
(a) A beating they received from their master.
(b) The war with Sparta.
(c) The government.
(d) The high taxes.

3. What is Strepsiades trying to do after relenting over beating Pheidippides?
(a) Enroll Pheidippides in the army.
(b) Enroll Pheidippides in Socrates' class to get rid of his debt.
(c) Enroll Pheidippides in school so he can find a job.
(d) Enroll Pheidippides in betting classes.

4. In the Knights, what do the slaves want to do that has been forbidden?
(a) Go see an Oracle.
(b) Go to Sparta.
(c) Kill Cleon.
(d) Go back to their master.

5. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?
(a) Singing.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Crying.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?

2. Who foiled Philocleon's plan?

3. What is Pheidippides' vice as introduced in the beginning of The Clouds?

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

5. How does Bdelycleon propose to settle the dispute between him and the Wasps concerning his father?

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