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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?
(a) Not to follow him on another beetle.
(b) Not to pass gas or use the bathroom for 3 days.
(c) Not to go to Sparta.
(d) Not to clean the house.

2. What is Strepsiades trying to do after relenting over beating Pheidippides?
(a) Enroll Pheidippides in betting classes.
(b) Enroll Pheidippides in Socrates' class to get rid of his debt.
(c) Enroll Pheidippides in school so he can find a job.
(d) Enroll Pheidippides in the army.

3. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?
(a) Through the back door.
(b) Through the basement.
(c) Through the window.
(d) Though the chimney.

4. In Plutus, who is Cario?
(a) Chremylus' father.
(b) Chremylus' brother.
(c) Chremylus' servant.
(d) Chremylus' friend.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who helps Pisthetaerus trick Zeus at the end of The Birds?

3. What does Lysistrata want in the play, Lysistrata?

4. In Peace, what is Hermes trying to prevent after War leaves heaven?

5. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?

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