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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What god(s) does Trygeaeus find willingly remain in heaven?
(a) Zeus.
(b) The god of war and Hermes.
(c) The goddess of poverty.
(d) The god of wealth.

2. What technique does Strepsiades use to justify the beatings he gave to his father?
(a) Non-linear logic.
(b) Sound logic.
(c) Twisted logic.
(d) Cartesian logic.

3. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?
(a) Not to clean the house.
(b) Not to follow him on another beetle.
(c) Not to go to Sparta.
(d) Not to pass gas or use the bathroom for 3 days.

4. What is Cleon's rival, the sausage merchant's real name?
(a) Acokotus.
(b) Agoracritus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Dionysus.

5. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?
(a) To borrow the beggar costume.
(b) To have him write a speech.
(c) To go hunting with him.
(d) To help him write a play.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Sosias and Xanthias doing at the start of The Wasps?

2. How does Bdelycleon propose to settle the dispute between him and the Wasps concerning his father?

3. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?

4. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?

5. In Peace, why is War leaving heaven after his servant returns empty handed from earth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the gang of Acharnians pursue Amphitheus?

2. In The Wasps, what does the dog's trial teach us about Philocleon's ballot habit?

3. Why must the two slaves in The Wasps prevent Philocleon from going out?

4. What does Philocleon do before the arrival of The Wasps?

5. How important are the discussions by the orators preceding Dicaeopolis?

6. In Peace, why does Trygaeus want to see the gods?

7. How does Cleon react to losing the support of the crowd in The Knights?

8. What are the two slaves doing at the start of the Peace?

9. Why did the gods leave heaven in the Peace?

10. What does Demos and the sausage merchant think of the future at the end of The Knights?

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