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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What task is assigned to Sosias and Xanthias?
(a) Keeping their master's father from entering the house.
(b) Keeping playwrights from entering the house.
(c) Keeping beggars from entering the house.
(d) Keeping their master's father, Philocleon, in the house.

3. What is the chorus of old men doing after they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?
(a) Attacking Bdelycleon.
(b) Undressing Bdelycleon.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Cheering Bdelycleon.

4. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?
(a) Chess.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Darts.

5. How does Bdelycleon propose to settle the dispute between him and the Wasps concerning his father?
(a) To write a play.
(b) To have a debate.
(c) To toss a coin.
(d) To allow his father back in court.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique does Strepsiades use to justify the beatings he gave to his father?

2. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?

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

4. Based on the debate, what does Philocleon like about the court?

5. In the Wasps, what is the second trick Philocleon uses to try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

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