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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. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Horse.
(d) Dogs.

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

3. How does Bdelycleon counter his father's arguments?
(a) He says that defendants have too much power over judges.
(b) He says that judges have too much power and the courts should be disbanded.
(c) He says that the people attending the courts are too old.
(d) He says politicians are the ones with real power and use the court for personal gain.

4. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?
(a) The high taxes.
(b) The war with Sparta.
(c) The government.
(d) A beating they received from their master.

5. In the Wasps, what is the second trick Philocleon uses to try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?
(a) Needs to see a sick friend.
(b) Needs to go to the doctor.
(c) He is a defendant in a case.
(d) Sells a donkey at the market.

Short Answer Questions

1. How successful is Dicaeopolis' argument to the crowd?

2. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?

3. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?

4. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?

5. What does Bdelycleon order his slaves to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reversal of fortune does Philocleon experience at the end of The Wasps?

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

3. Why is Dicaeopolis frustrated after the assembly adjournment?

4. Who are Demosthenes and Nicias in The Knights and in reality?

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

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

7. In Peace, what prevented peace form coming back according to Trygaeus and Hermes?

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

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

10. Why does Dicaeopolis risk his life for his anti-war cause?

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