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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. Based on the debate, what does Philocleon like about the court?
(a) Hearing the arguments and having power over the judge.
(b) Being able to rest in the court and being paid.
(c) Having power of the defendant and sleeping in the court.
(d) Hearing the arguments, being paid and having power over the defendant.

2. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?
(a) Asks his son to leave the house.
(b) Burns his home down.
(c) Burns the school down.
(d) Enrolls himself in the school again.

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

4. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?
(a) They had good crops.
(b) They were burned down by Spartans.
(c) They were sold to Sparta.
(d) They were built on loose soil.

5. What happens when Bdelycleon tries to sell the donkey himself?
(a) Philocleon tries to sell a horse.
(b) Philocleon tries to escape again.
(c) Philocleon tries to hide under the donkey.
(d) Philocleon tries to kill the donkey.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How is Cleon outbid for support at the Boule?

4. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?

5. In the Clouds, where does Socrates go when he needs to think?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why is Dicaeopolis frustrated after the assembly adjournment?

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