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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prevented peace from being released sooner according to Trygaeus and Hermes?
(a) War profiteering.
(b) The government.
(c) Generals.
(d) The beetle.

2. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?
(a) The horrors of Spartan food.
(b) The horrors of taxation.
(c) The horrors of the ongoing war against Sparta.
(d) The horrors of marriage.

3. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Horse.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Dogs.

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

5. What must Athenians and Trygaeus' servants prepare for when Trygaeus returns?
(a) A festival wedding.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A feast to celebrate war.
(d) The invasion of Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two slaves collecting for their master's beetle at the start of Peace?

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

3. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?

4. At the think-shop, who is Strepsiades presented to after his enrollment?

5. Who is Demosthenes and Nicias' master?

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