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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trygaeus discover upon his arrival in heaven?
(a) He needs an appointment to be received by the gods.
(b) Almost all the gods left.
(c) The gods are too inebriated to receive him.
(d) The beetle is dead.

2. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?
(a) He loves the courts.
(b) He loves women.
(c) He loves drinking.
(d) He loves women.

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

4. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?
(a) That his slaves will help his father.
(b) That his slaves will escape.
(c) That other legal maniacs will try to free his father.
(d) That his father will try to sell another donkey.

5. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Shouting.
(d) Crying.

6. Who enrolls in the think-shop in Pheidippides' stead?
(a) His brother.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) A friend.

7. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?
(a) A general.
(b) A backer.
(c) A sausage vendor.
(d) A god.

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

9. In the Knights, what do the slaves want to do that has been forbidden?
(a) Go to Sparta.
(b) Go see an Oracle.
(c) Kill Cleon.
(d) Go back to their master.

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

11. What does Dicaeopolis do after the meeting with the Spartans?
(a) He goes to the Assembly.
(b) He goes to sleep.
(c) He organizes a feast to the God Dionysus.
(d) He hides in his house.

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

13. What are the judges entitled to according to Bdelycleon?
(a) A small percentage of the money politicians extort using the courts.
(b) A small percentage of the taxes.
(c) A small percentage of the court fees.
(d) A small percentage of the belongings of those condemned.

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

15. What does Trygaeus propose to Hermes in exchange for his help?
(a) If he helps him open the gates to heaven.
(b) To give him more sacrifices if he helps him make war.
(c) To give him more sacrifices if he helps him free peace.
(d) To give him more sacrifices if he helps him feed the beetle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Dicaeopolis finishes his speech to the crowd?

2. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?

3. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

4. How old is Dicaeopolis?

5. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?

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