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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) Micca.
(b) The vendor.
(c) Agathon.
(d) Cleisthenes.

2. What god is caught wandering on earth at the end of The Birds?
(a) Athena.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Iris.

3. What river does Dionysus go across?
(a) Rubicon.
(b) Acheloos.
(c) Aliakmonas.
(d) The Styx.

4. In Thesmophoriazusae, who speaks in Euripides' defense at the women's court?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Agathon.
(c) Mnesilochus dressed as a woman.
(d) Cleisthenes.

5. When Eulipides and Pisthetaerus meet Hoopoe's servant, what does the servant first do to Eulipides and Pisthetaerus?
(a) Make them breakfast.
(b) Tell them where to find the golden fleece.
(c) Bring them to his master.
(d) Attack them.

6. In The Assemblywomen, what do Blepyros and the other men find out in the morning?
(a) Parliament turned over the power to Sparta.
(b) Parliament turned over power to the women.
(c) That the men need to wear dresses.
(d) That the women left the city.

7. Where are Mnesilochus and his cousin going to at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?
(a) Demeter festival.
(b) Zeus Festival.
(c) Poseidon feast.
(d) Athena's banquet.

8. In Thesmophoriazusae, how did the women try to uncover the spy during the court proceedings?
(a) They sing.
(b) They undress.
(c) They call for a man to decide who is ugly enough to be a man.
(d) They ask each other who they know in the crowd.

9. How does the play Lysistrata end?
(a) Spartans and Athenians share a banquet celebrating peace.
(b) Athens invades Sparta.
(c) Sparta invades Athens.
(d) The women go back to their husbands willingly.

10. Why isn't Xanthias allowed to go across the river with Dionysus?
(a) He can fly.
(b) He is too heavy.
(c) He wants to swim.
(d) He is a slave.

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

12. In Thesmophoriazusae, what punishment do the women want to apply to Mnesilochus' cousin?
(a) A fine.
(b) Chores.
(c) Death.
(d) Castration.

13. What convinced Sparta to make the proposal?
(a) The Spartans were defeated by the Athenian army.
(b) The women of Sparta refuse to have intercourse too.
(c) The women of Sparta refuse to prepare food.
(d) The women of Sparta refuse to clean clothes.

14. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus claim to be after their encounter with the servant?
(a) Monkeys.
(b) Rats.
(c) Squirrels.
(d) Birds.

15. Who takes the place of "Best Tragic poet" at Hades' table at the end of The Frogs?
(a) Plato.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Euripides.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the Birds, who are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus looking for?

2. Who arrives in the city after the chorus of men commiserates with Cinesias?

3. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus doing at the start of The Birds?

4. In Thesmophoriazusae, who is Mnesilochus' cousin?

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, what do the women do with Mnesilochus after uncovering his identity?

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