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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. At the think-shop, who is Strepsiades presented to after his enrollment?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Pheidippides.
(d) Plato.

2. How old is Dicaeopolis?
(a) He is a middle aged man.
(b) He is a young boy.
(c) He is an old man.
(d) He is a young man.

3. When Dicaeopolis fears the mob, who does Dicaeopolis go to see for help?
(a) Aeschylus.
(b) Euripides.
(c) The Persian king.
(d) Seneca.

4. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Pheidippides.

5. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?
(a) The horrors of Spartan food.
(b) The horrors of marriage.
(c) The horrors of taxation.
(d) The horrors of the ongoing war against Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trygaeus propose to Hermes in exchange for his help?

2. What does Cleon do after the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?

3. What does Bdelycleon order his slaves to do?

4. How is the chorus of old men dressed when they arrive at Bdelycleon's home?

5. What happens after Dicaeopolis finishes his speech to the crowd?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Aristophanes portray the Athenian political system in The Knights?

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

4. How is Socrates' school portrayed in The Clouds?

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

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

7. Why are Demosthenes and Nicias portrayed as slaves in The Knights?

8. Why is Dicaeopolis frustrated after the assembly adjournment?

9. What is Dicaeopolis waiting for at the beginning of Acharnians and why?

10. How does Bdelycleon trick the wasps into a debate?

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