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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?
(a) To borrow the beggar costume.
(b) To go hunting with him.
(c) To have him write a speech.
(d) To help him write a play.

4. When Dicaeopolis fears the mob, who does Dicaeopolis go to see for help?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) The Persian king.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trygaeus do after arriving in heaven?

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

3. What prevented peace from being released sooner according to Trygaeus and Hermes?

4. In Peace, after much effort by the chorus, who comes out of the unblocked entrance?

5. How old is Dicaeopolis?

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