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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Thesmophoriazusae, who conducts Mnesilochus' interrogation during the proceedings?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Micca.
(c) Cleisthenes.
(d) The vendor.

2. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin agree to do in order to rescue his cousin?
(a) To do Chores.
(b) To not write anything bad about women again.
(c) To write a tragedy.
(d) To commit suicide.

3. What is Praxagora's plan at the beginning of The Assemblywomen?
(a) To violently take control of parliament.
(b) To come early to the Athenian parliament to take a majority of seats.
(c) To blackmail politicians.
(d) To leave town with all the women.

4. How did the attendees react to the proposal made by Lysistrata?
(a) They are enthusiastic.
(b) They leave the meeting.
(c) They are indifferent.
(d) They balk at the plan, but later accept it.

5. Who does Eulipides and Pisthetaerus come to meet in the woods look like?
(a) A blind man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A man with a strange beak.
(d) A man with a cape.

6. Who is Pisthetaerus going to take control of at the end of The Birds?
(a) Zeus' father, Cronus.
(b) Zeus' wife, Hera.
(c) Zeus' brother, Hades
(d) Zeus' mistress, Sovereignty.

7. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus name the city they help create?
(a) Squirrelopolis.
(b) Birdopolis.
(c) Monkeylopolis.
(d) Cuckoonebulopolis.

8. In Thesmophoriazusae, who warns the women of a spy in their mists during the court proceedings?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Demeter.
(c) No-one.
(d) Cleisthenes.

9. In Thesmophoriazusae, what questions did the interrogator ask Mnesilochus to try to determine if he is a woman?
(a) Who "her" husband is and what "she" did during last year's festival.
(b) How to cook a specific meal.
(c) How he managed childbirth.
(d) How to take care of a baby.

10. At the beginning of the Birds, who are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus looking for?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Hoopoe.
(d) Heracles.

11. In The Assemblywomen, what does Praxagora want to do to remedy the situation in Athens?
(a) Convince men they are on the wrong path.
(b) Call for the gods to intervene.
(c) Organize a revolution so women can take power.
(d) Lodge a complaint with the government.

12. In Thesmophoriazusae, what do the women do with Mnesilochus after uncovering his identity?
(a) They turn him over to Athenian's authorities.
(b) The send him away.
(c) They castrate him.
(d) They bite him.

13. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus propose to the one they meet in the woods?
(a) That the monkeys start building houses.
(b) That the birds unite to take control of the earth.
(c) That the birds fly south to a better climate.
(d) That the birds dance to bring rain.

14. In Thesmophoraizusae, who speaks for the prosecution in the case against Euripides?
(a) Cleisthenes.
(b) Agathon.
(c) Micca and a vendor.
(d) Mnesilochus.

15. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus eat in the woods to undergo a transformation?
(a) A root.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Beef.
(d) A salad.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the visitor from Sparta hiding under his tunic?

2. In Lysistrata, what are some of the women trying to do while guarding the building they took over?

3. How did Mnesilochus' cousin try to free him at the end of Thesmophoriazusae?

4. What city do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to leave at the beginning of Birds?

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin ask Agathon?

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