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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Calonice's relationship with Lysistrata?
(a) Lysistrata's sister.
(b) Lysistrata's friend.
(c) Lysistrata's daughter.
(d) Lysistrata's mother.

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

3. What does the visitor from Sparta want?
(a) To offer trading women.
(b) To purchase cheese.
(c) To declare war.
(d) To talk peace with Athens.

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

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

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

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

8. In Lysistrata, what are some of the women trying to do while guarding the building they took over?
(a) Go to Sparta.
(b) Sneak out to have sex.
(c) Sneak out to have food.
(d) Kill their husband.

9. What does Hoopoe's servant claim to be when Euelpides and Pisthetaerus first meet him?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A rat.
(c) A monkey.
(d) A bird.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Dionysus avoiding conflict with the characters that mistake him for Heracles?

2. Who are fighting over the young man at the end of The Assemblywomen?

3. Who ferries Dionysus across the river in Hades?

4. What way does Dionysus choose to use to enter Hades?

5. Who tries to burn down the gates after the women take over the building?

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