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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Bdelycleon tries to sell the donkey himself?
(a) Philocleon tries to hide under the donkey.
(b) Philocleon tries to kill the donkey.
(c) Philocleon tries to escape again.
(d) Philocleon tries to sell a horse.

2. What is Strepsiades doing to convince Pheidippides to stop betting?
(a) He stops loaning him money.
(b) He forbids him from betting.
(c) He is having a heart to heart chat.
(d) He is beating him up.

3. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?
(a) Internal policies.
(b) The war.
(c) Taxes.
(d) Trivial things.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Dicaeopolis finishes his speech to the crowd?

2. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

3. What are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?

4. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?

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

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