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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does one of the gods who remained in heaven plan on doing to the Greek cities?
(a) To bring peace to the land.
(b) To create a tsunami.
(c) To destroy them with mortar.
(d) To unleash the Titans on the Greek cities.

3. Who is Demosthenes and Nicias' master?
(a) Demos.
(b) Scemos.
(c) Amos.
(d) Lemos.

4. What task is assigned to Sosias and Xanthias?
(a) Keeping playwrights from entering the house.
(b) Keeping beggars from entering the house.
(c) Keeping their master's father, Philocleon, in the house.
(d) Keeping their master's father from entering the house.

5. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Chess.
(d) Darts.

6. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?
(a) The war.
(b) Internal policies.
(c) Trivial things.
(d) Taxes.

7. What god(s) does Trygeaeus find willingly remain in heaven?
(a) The goddess of poverty.
(b) The god of war and Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) The god of wealth.

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

9. At the beginning of Peace, what is the purpose of the master's beetle?
(a) To destroy Sparta.
(b) To clean the streets of Athens.
(c) To act as a sewage system.
(d) To bring their master to the gods.

10. What does Dicaeopolis agree to?
(a) To go back to Sparta.
(b) To talk to the assembly to help lower taxes.
(c) To put his head on the chopping block while he makes his case to the crowd.
(d) To enlist in Athens' army.

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

12. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?
(a) The merchant.
(b) The sausage merchant.
(c) Cleon.
(d) The backer.

13. What does Bdelycleon order his slaves to do?
(a) To replace the wood door with a steel door.
(b) To cap the chimney.
(c) To wall the door.
(d) To nail the door.

14. 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 help his father.
(c) That his slaves will escape.
(d) That his father will try to sell another donkey.

15. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?
(a) He meets Dionysus.
(b) He goes to Sparta.
(c) He meets a man named Amphitheus.
(d) He goes to the Oracle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?

2. Who is going to war while Dicaeopolis is at the contest?

3. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?

4. Who enrolls in the think-shop in Pheidippides' stead?

5. What is the chorus of old men doing after they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?

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