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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?
(a) The assembly to begin.
(b) Athens to surrender to Sparta.
(c) Sparta to surrender to Athens.
(d) His wife to come back from the Oracle.

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

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

4. What is Cleon's rival, the sausage merchant's real name?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Agoracritus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Acokotus.

5. What are Sosias and Xanthias doing at the start of The Wasps?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Keeping watch over their master Bdelycleon's house.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Writing a play.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?

2. How is the chorus of old men dressed when they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?

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

4. How is Cleon outbid for support at the Boule?

5. What are Bdelycleon and his father, Philocleon's, views on Cleon?

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