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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?
(a) They were built on loose soil.
(b) They had good crops.
(c) They were burned down by Spartans.
(d) They were sold to Sparta.

2. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?
(a) Everyone that enrolls dies.
(b) Everyone that enrolls is pale and ugly.
(c) Everyone that enrolls loses money.
(d) Everyone that enrolls abandons betting.

3. What happens when Bdelycleon tries to sell the donkey himself?
(a) Philocleon tries to sell a horse.
(b) Philocleon tries to kill the donkey.
(c) Philocleon tries to escape again.
(d) Philocleon tries to hide under the donkey.

4. Who foiled Philocleon's plan?
(a) Bdelycleon.
(b) Xanthias.
(c) Philocleon.
(d) Sosias.

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

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

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

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

9. What happens after Dicaeopolis finishes his speech to the crowd?
(a) Dicaeopolis is put to death.
(b) Dicaeopolis is freed.
(c) The ones that are convinced and the ones that are not fight.
(d) Dicaeopolis escapes.

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

11. What is Strepsiades trying to do after relenting over beating Pheidippides?
(a) Enroll Pheidippides in the army.
(b) Enroll Pheidippides in Socrates' class to get rid of his debt.
(c) Enroll Pheidippides in betting classes.
(d) Enroll Pheidippides in school so he can find a job.

12. What is Pheidippides' vice as introduced in the beginning of The Clouds?
(a) Women.
(b) Horse betting.
(c) Cards.
(d) Drug.

13. Who is going to war while Dicaeopolis is at the contest?
(a) The Acharnians.
(b) Amphitheus.
(c) Lamachus.
(d) Euripides.

14. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?
(a) Weaseling his way into a position of trust for personal gain.
(b) Not cleaning the beetle's stall.
(c) Not doing his share of chores.
(d) Cooking bad food and accusing them.

15. At the think-shop, who is Strepsiades presented to after his enrollment?
(a) Plato.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Pheidippides.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?

2. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?

3. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?

4. What does Trygaeus do after arriving in heaven?

5. In Peace, what is Hermes trying to prevent after War leaves heaven?

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