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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin ask Agathon?
(a) To come with him to meet the women.
(b) To spy on the women putting him on trial.
(c) To hide him.
(d) To give him his wife's clothes.

2. What do the envoys promise Blepyros when they escort him to his home?
(a) Intercourse.
(b) A new chariot.
(c) A new horse.
(d) A hearty dinner.

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, what does Mnesilochus do to defend himself after being uncovered as a man?
(a) He runs.
(b) He hides.
(c) He tries to talk his way out.
(d) He takes a hostage, but the baby turns out to be a bottle of wine.

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

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

6. How is Dionysus avoiding conflict with the characters that mistake him for Heracles?
(a) He flies.
(b) He does not.
(c) He trades clothes with Xanthias.
(d) He hides.

7. What way does Dionysus choose to use to enter Hades?
(a) He swims across.
(b) Go the long way across the river.
(c) He goes back home.
(d) He waits for his master.

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

9. Why do the old women take over that particular building in Lysistrata?
(a) It holds Sparta's prisoners.
(b) It holds all the food for the army.
(c) It holds the treasury necessary to wage war.
(d) It holds all the weapons.

10. How did Praxagora's women dress the morning of the coup?
(a) Naked.
(b) Like children.
(c) In their husband's clothes, wearing fake beards.
(d) Normal women's clothes.

11. What do the old women do while the meeting is being held?
(a) They take over the Acropolis.
(b) They take over the oracle.
(c) Take over the house of a general.
(d) Take over the assembly.

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

13. In The Assemblywomen, why is Chremes made fun of by another citizen?
(a) Cooking for his wife.
(b) Contributing his belongings to the state.
(c) Dressing like a woman.
(d) Bowing to a woman.

14. Who tries to burn down the gates after the women take over the building?
(a) The women.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) A chorus of men.

15. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus think the gods can be supplanted?
(a) By stealing Zeus' thunder.
(b) By building a castle between earth and heaven.
(c) By stealing fire from men.
(d) By dressing like birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Assemblywomen, what is Blepyros' relationship with Praxagora?

2. Who is Xanthias at the beginning of The Frogs?

3. What is Eulipides and Pisthetaerus' first reaction when they meet who they came to find in the woods?

4. Who attends the meeting organized by Lysistrata?

5. What is Praxagora lamenting at the start of The Assemblywomen?

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