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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is being tried in the makeshift court Bdelycleon in his house at the end of The Wasps?
(a) A duck.
(b) A dog.
(c) Philocleon.
(d) Cleon.

3. In the Wasps, what is the second trick Philocleon uses to try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?
(a) Needs to go to the doctor.
(b) Needs to see a sick friend.
(c) He is a defendant in a case.
(d) Sells a donkey at the market.

4. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus name the city they help create?
(a) Cuckoonebulopolis.
(b) Birdopolis.
(c) Squirrelopolis.
(d) Monkeylopolis.

5. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?
(a) They were burned down by Spartans.
(b) They were sold to Sparta.
(c) They were built on loose soil.
(d) They had good crops.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?

2. What became of Pheidippides?

3. When Dicaeopolis fears the mob, who does Dicaeopolis go to see for help?

4. What happens to Amphitheus?

5. Who is Cinesias looking for when he comes to the building occupied by the women?

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