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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Lysistrata, who does the constable think is primarily responsible for the women's attitude?
(a) The Spartans.
(b) The government.
(c) The women.
(d) The men not capable of controlling their woman-folk.

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

4. At the end of Peace, how does the celebration end?
(a) War comes back.
(b) People steal the bride and escape flying on a giant beetle.
(c) People are celebrating, using war instruments as peaceful tools.
(d) Zeus refuses to assist in the wedding.

5. Who visits Chremylus after Plutus' departure?
(a) Zeus.
(b) The goddess of wealth.
(c) The goddess of poverty.
(d) Cario.

Short Answer Questions

1. What convinced Sparta to make the proposal?

2. In Peace, why is War leaving heaven after his servant returns empty handed from earth?

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

4. In Plutus, what business was ruined by the redistribution of wealth, according to one of the gods?

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

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