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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Xanthias at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) A nymph.
(b) Dionysus' slave.
(c) A playwright.
(d) A God.

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

3. In The Assemblywomen, what is Blepyros' relationship with Praxagora?
(a) Praxagora's son.
(b) Praxagora's husband.
(c) Praxagora's father.
(d) Praxagora's brother.

4. In Thesmophoriazusae, what is Mnesilochus cousin's occupation?
(a) Playwright.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Backer.

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

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

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

8. What question do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to ask at the beginning of The Birds?
(a) Where they can find a quiet place to live.
(b) Where Hoopoe lives.
(c) The answer to the Sphinx riddle.
(d) What the meaning of life is.

9. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus doing at the start of The Birds?
(a) Wandering in the woods.
(b) Going to an oracle.
(c) Traveling to Athens.
(d) Going to the market.

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

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

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

13. n Thesmophoriazusae, what is of interest concerning Agathon?
(a) He is dressed as a woman for a part in his play.
(b) His wife has spare clothes.
(c) He is playing the role of Euripides in a play.
(d) He is writing a play about women's rights.

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

15. Who is getting married at the end of The Birds?
(a) Hera and Pisthetaerus.
(b) Hera and Zeus.
(c) Sovereignty and Pisthetaerus.
(d) Sovereignty and Hoopoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus transforming into in the woods?

2. What convinced Sparta to make the proposal?

3. Who takes the place of "Best Tragic poet" at Hades' table at the end of The Frogs?

4. What does Lysistrata want in the play, Lysistrata?

5. Who ferries Dionysus across the river in Hades?

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