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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Amphitheus meets with the Spartans?
(a) He declares war on Sparta.
(b) He has a good meal.
(c) He is imprisoned.
(d) A peace deal is made.

2. How is the chorus of old men dressed when they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?
(a) As donkeys.
(b) As cats.
(c) As wasps.
(d) As birds.

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

4. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?
(a) Burns his home down.
(b) Enrolls himself in the school again.
(c) Burns the school down.
(d) Asks his son to leave the house.

5. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?
(a) Naked.
(b) On his hand.
(c) Dressed as a woman.
(d) Dressed as a bird.

6. What is the reaction of the one that is supposed to replace Cleon?
(a) Skeptical.
(b) He refuses the honor.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Overjoyed.

7. Who do Demosthenes and Nicias think is the cause of their trouble?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Their master.
(d) Athena.

8. Upon his arrival at the think-shop, how is Strepsiades greeted?
(a) Somebody takes his shoes.
(b) Somebody takes his gloves.
(c) Somebody takes his toga.
(d) Somebody takes his cloak.

9. Whose money is Pheidippides betting with at the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) His own.
(b) His sister's money.
(c) His father, Strepsiades' money.
(d) Money from a loan.

10. How is Cleon outbid for support at the Boule?
(a) The sausage seller promises free food to the council.
(b) The merchant goes on strike.
(c) Cleon is not outbid.
(d) The sausage seller threatens the council.

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

12. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?
(a) Everyone loves Cleon.
(b) Cleon is being emancipated.
(c) Everyone is afraid of Cleon.
(d) Cleon is a Spartan.

13. What is Strepsiades doing to convince Pheidippides to stop betting?
(a) He forbids him from betting.
(b) He stops loaning him money.
(c) He is having a heart to heart chat.
(d) He is beating him up.

14. What are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?
(a) They are sleeping.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Talking military tactics.
(d) Getting drunk and stealing wine.

15. What does Dicaeopolis agree to?
(a) To enlist in Athens' army.
(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 go back to Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Peace, after much effort by the chorus, who comes out of the unblocked entrance?

2. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?

3. In the Clouds, where does Socrates go when he needs to think?

4. What does Trygaeus discover upon his arrival in heaven?

5. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?

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