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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Cinesias treated when he arrives at the building occupied by the women?
(a) His wife pretends to want intercourse and then abandons him.
(b) He is imprisoned.
(c) He is sent away.
(d) His wife gives into intercourse.

2. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin agree to do in order to rescue his cousin?
(a) To do Chores.
(b) To not write anything bad about women again.
(c) To write a tragedy.
(d) To commit suicide.

3. 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.

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

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

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

7. 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) Who "her" husband is and what "she" did during last year's festival.
(d) How he managed childbirth.

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

9. What city do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to leave at the beginning of Birds?
(a) Tripoli.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Athens.
(d) Corinth.

10. In Thesmophoriazusae, what do the women do with Mnesilochus after uncovering his identity?
(a) They turn him over to Athenian's authorities.
(b) The send him away.
(c) They bite him.
(d) They castrate him.

11. Who arrives in the city after the chorus of men commiserates with Cinesias?
(a) A Spartan herald.
(b) A Spartan governor.
(c) A Spartan woman.
(d) A Spartan merchant.

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

13. Who is Dionysus at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) A slave.
(b) A backer.
(c) A miner.
(d) A God.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. n Thesmophoriazusae, what is of interest concerning Agathon?

2. How did the attendees react to the proposal made by Lysistrata?

3. How is a man supposed to earn the right to sleep with a pretty girl according to Praxagora?

4. What is Praxagora's plan at the beginning of The Assemblywomen?

5. What does the visitor from Sparta want?

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