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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who enrolls in the think-shop in Pheidippides' stead?
(a) His father.
(b) His mother.
(c) His brother.
(d) A friend.

2. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus think the gods can be supplanted?
(a) By stealing fire from men.
(b) By dressing like birds.
(c) By stealing Zeus' thunder.
(d) By building a castle between earth and heaven.

3. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?
(a) That other legal maniacs will try to free his father.
(b) That his slaves will escape.
(c) That his slaves will help his father.
(d) That his father will try to sell another donkey.

4. What does Dicaeopolis do after the meeting with the Spartans?
(a) He organizes a feast to the God Dionysus.
(b) He goes to sleep.
(c) He goes to the Assembly.
(d) He hides in his house.

5. What is Eulipides and Pisthetaerus' first reaction when they meet who they came to find in the woods?
(a) They sleep.
(b) They shake his hand.
(c) They laugh.
(d) They change their mind and go back home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trygaeus discover upon his arrival in heaven?

2. What does the visitor from Sparta want?

3. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?

4. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

5. Who is specifically targeted in Bdelycleon's counter-argument?

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