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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?
(a) Dressed as a bird.
(b) Naked.
(c) On his hand.
(d) Dressed as a woman.

2. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?
(a) The backer.
(b) The merchant.
(c) Cleon.
(d) The sausage merchant.

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

4. What are Bdelycleon and his father, Philocleon's, views on Cleon?
(a) Bdelycleon loves Cleon and Philocleon hates Cleon.
(b) They both love Cleon.
(c) They both hate Cleon.
(d) Bdelycleon hates Cleon and Philocleon loves Cleon.

5. Based on the debate, what does Philocleon like about the court?
(a) Hearing the arguments and having power over the judge.
(b) Hearing the arguments, being paid and having power over the defendant.
(c) Having power of the defendant and sleeping in the court.
(d) Being able to rest in the court and being paid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?

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

3. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

4. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?

5. How old is Dicaeopolis?

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