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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Lysistrata, who does the constable think is primarily responsible for the women's attitude?
(a) The women.
(b) The Spartans.
(c) The government.
(d) The men not capable of controlling their woman-folk.

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

3. Who do the men see women, according to Lysistrata?
(a) Quiet.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Unfaithful.
(d) As rascals.

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

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

6. How is the disagreement between Euripides and his opponent settled?
(a) Dionysus asks each of them to dance.
(b) Dionysus asks each of them to give advice on how to help Athens.
(c) Dionysus asks each of them to create a new poem.
(d) Dionysus asks each of them to try seducing a woman.

7. In The Assemblywomen, what type of government is Praxagora planning?
(a) A democracy run by women.
(b) A communist regime where everything is shared, even love.
(c) A dictatorship with her in power.
(d) A monarchy.

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

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

10. 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.

11. What does Lysistrata want in the play, Lysistrata?
(a) New clothes.
(b) More food.
(c) Access to the Olympic Games.
(d) To end the War between Sparta and Athens.

12. What are the women preparing for at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?
(a) To put Mnesilochus on trial for infidelity.
(b) To put Agathon on trial for dressing like a woman.
(c) To put Mnesilochus' cousin on trial for depicting women badly in his plays.
(d) To debate on women issues.

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

14. Who is Dionysus in route to at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) To see Hades.
(b) The oracle.
(c) To see Zeus.
(d) His half-brother, Heracles.

15. Who helps Pisthetaerus trick Zeus at the end of The Birds?
(a) Prometheus.
(b) Hermes.
(c) Ades.
(d) Athena.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Thesmophoriazusae, what punishment do the women want to apply to Mnesilochus' cousin?

2. Who ferries Dionysus across the river in Hades?

3. When Eulipides and Pisthetaerus meet Hoopoe's servant, what does the servant first do to Eulipides and Pisthetaerus?

4. In The Assemblywomen, what resolution does Praxagora plan to introduce for Greece?

5. What do the old women do while the meeting is being held?

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