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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Peace, what are the gods feelings about the war in Greece?
(a) Tired of it.
(b) Envious.
(c) Like it.
(d) Resigned.

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

4. After Trygaeus frees peace, who steals Trygaeus' beetle?
(a) Hermes.
(b) Peace.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Hera.

5. At the beginning of Peace, what is the purpose of the master's beetle?
(a) To destroy Sparta.
(b) To act as a sewage system.
(c) To bring their master to the gods.
(d) To clean the streets of Athens.

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

7. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?
(a) Athens' government.
(b) The chorus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Demos.

8. 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 belongings of those condemned.
(c) A small percentage of the taxes.
(d) A small percentage of the court fees.

9. When Dicaeopolis fears the mob, who does Dicaeopolis go to see for help?
(a) Aeschylus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Seneca.
(d) The Persian king.

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

11. How successful is Dicaeopolis' argument to the crowd?
(a) No one is convinced.
(b) Everyone is convinced.
(c) Half of the crowd is convinced and the other half is not.
(d) Women are convinced and men are not.

12. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?
(a) Internal policies.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Trivial things.
(d) The war.

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

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

15. How does Bdelycleon propose to settle the dispute between him and the Wasps concerning his father?
(a) To have a debate.
(b) To toss a coin.
(c) To write a play.
(d) To allow his father back in court.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?

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

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

4. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

5. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?

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