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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Demos.
(c) Athens' government.
(d) The chorus.
2. What does Trygaeus do after arriving in heaven?
(a) He hits the god.
(b) He feeds his beetle.
(c) He argues with the god.
(d) He goes back home.
3. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Great men of the past.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Athens' merchant.
(d) Great men of the future.
4. What is the chorus of old men doing after they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?
(a) Chanting.
(b) Attacking Bdelycleon.
(c) Cheering Bdelycleon.
(d) Undressing Bdelycleon.
5. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?
(a) The high taxes.
(b) The government.
(c) The war with Sparta.
(d) A beating they received from their master.
6. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?
(a) Cats.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Birds.
(d) Women shaped clouds.
7. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?
(a) Enrolls himself in the school again.
(b) Burns his home down.
(c) Burns the school down.
(d) Asks his son to leave the house.
8. What does Trygaeus discover upon his arrival in heaven?
(a) The beetle is dead.
(b) The gods are too inebriated to receive him.
(c) Almost all the gods left.
(d) He needs an appointment to be received by the gods.
9. What technique does Strepsiades use to justify the beatings he gave to his father?
(a) Twisted logic.
(b) Cartesian logic.
(c) Sound logic.
(d) Non-linear logic.
10. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Crying.
11. What is Strepsiades doing to convince Pheidippides to stop betting?
(a) He stops loaning him money.
(b) He is having a heart to heart chat.
(c) He is beating him up.
(d) He forbids him from betting.
12. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?
(a) Cleon.
(b) The merchant.
(c) The sausage merchant.
(d) The backer.
13. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?
(a) Darts.
(b) Chess.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Drinking.
14. At the beginning of Peace, what is the purpose of the master's beetle?
(a) To clean the streets of Athens.
(b) To act as a sewage system.
(c) To bring their master to the gods.
(d) To destroy Sparta.
15. What happens after Dicaeopolis finishes his speech to the crowd?
(a) Dicaeopolis escapes.
(b) Dicaeopolis is put to death.
(c) Dicaeopolis is freed.
(d) The ones that are convinced and the ones that are not fight.
Short Answer Questions
1. What became of Pheidippides?
2. In Peace, what is Hermes trying to prevent after War leaves heaven?
3. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?
4. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?
5. In Peace, what are the gods feelings about the war in Greece?
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