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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who greets Trygaeus upon his arrival at the gates of heaven?
(a) Heracles.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hera.
2. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?
(a) Sparta to surrender to Athens.
(b) Athens to surrender to Sparta.
(c) The assembly to begin.
(d) His wife to come back from the Oracle.
3. How old is Dicaeopolis?
(a) He is an old man.
(b) He is a middle aged man.
(c) He is a young man.
(d) He is a young boy.
4. Who is specifically targeted in Bdelycleon's counter-argument?
(a) Siseron.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Nobody is targeted.
(d) The government as a whole.
5. What must Athenians and Trygaeus' servants prepare for when Trygaeus returns?
(a) A feast to celebrate war.
(b) The invasion of Sparta.
(c) A festival wedding.
(d) A funeral.
6. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?
(a) Asks his son to leave the house.
(b) Burns his home down.
(c) Enrolls himself in the school again.
(d) Burns the school down.
7. What is the reaction of the one that is supposed to replace Cleon?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) He refuses the honor.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Skeptical.
8. What are the two slaves collecting for their master's beetle at the start of Peace?
(a) Carrots.
(b) Dung.
(c) Hay.
(d) Grass.
9. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?
(a) The horrors of the ongoing war against Sparta.
(b) The horrors of Spartan food.
(c) The horrors of taxation.
(d) The horrors of marriage.
10. How does Bdelycleon counter his father's arguments?
(a) He says politicians are the ones with real power and use the court for personal gain.
(b) He says that defendants have too much power over judges.
(c) He says that judges have too much power and the courts should be disbanded.
(d) He says that the people attending the courts are too old.
11. Whose money is Pheidippides betting with at the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) His sister's money.
(b) Money from a loan.
(c) His father, Strepsiades' money.
(d) His own.
12. What are the judges entitled to according to Bdelycleon?
(a) A small percentage of the court fees.
(b) A small percentage of the belongings of those condemned.
(c) A small percentage of the taxes.
(d) A small percentage of the money politicians extort using the courts.
13. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?
(a) A sausage vendor.
(b) A god.
(c) A general.
(d) A backer.
14. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?
(a) Everyone loves Cleon.
(b) Cleon is a Spartan.
(c) Everyone is afraid of Cleon.
(d) Cleon is being emancipated.
15. Who is being tried in the makeshift court Bdelycleon in his house at the end of The Wasps?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Philocleon.
(c) A duck.
(d) A dog.
Short Answer Questions
1. What god(s) does Trygeaeus find willingly remain in heaven?
2. What does Trygaeus propose to Hermes in exchange for his help?
3. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?
4. Who foiled Philocleon's plan?
5. Upon his arrival at the think-shop, how is Strepsiades greeted?
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