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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 does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?
(a) He meets a man named Amphitheus.
(b) He meets Dionysus.
(c) He goes to Sparta.
(d) He goes to the Oracle.

2. What does Trygaeus propose to Hermes in exchange for his help?
(a) To give him more sacrifices if he helps him make war.
(b) To give him more sacrifices if he helps him feed the beetle.
(c) To give him more sacrifices if he helps him free peace.
(d) If he helps him open the gates to heaven.

3. What does one of the gods who remained in heaven plan on doing to the Greek cities?
(a) To bring peace to the land.
(b) To destroy them with mortar.
(c) To create a tsunami.
(d) To unleash the Titans on the Greek cities.

4. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?
(a) Through the back door.
(b) Though the chimney.
(c) Through the basement.
(d) Through the window.

5. What became of Pheidippides?
(a) He becomes pale and ugly.
(b) He stole money and ran away.
(c) He leaves his father's house.
(d) He continues betting.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Cleon's rival able to win?

2. What task is assigned to Sosias and Xanthias?

3. How is Strepsiades expected to learn at the school in which he enrolls?

4. What are Bdelycleon and his father, Philocleon's, views on Cleon?

5. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Peace, why do you think Trygaeus thought peace was dead?

2. Who replaces Strepsiades at the school in The Clouds?

3. Why is Strepsiades expelled shortly after his enrollment at the school in The Clouds?

4. Why is Strepsiades beating his son, Pheidippides, in The Clouds?

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

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

7. In The Wasps, what argument does Bdelycleon make against the judicial system?

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

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

10. In what way does Pheidippides change after finishing his training in The Clouds?

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