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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 beginning of Peace, what is the purpose of the master's beetle?
(a) To bring their master to the gods.
(b) To destroy Sparta.
(c) To clean the streets of Athens.
(d) To act as a sewage system.

2. What is Strepsiades doing to convince Pheidippides to stop betting?
(a) He stops loaning him money.
(b) He is beating him up.
(c) He forbids him from betting.
(d) He is having a heart to heart chat.

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

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

5. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?
(a) Not cleaning the beetle's stall.
(b) Weaseling his way into a position of trust for personal gain.
(c) Not doing his share of chores.
(d) Cooking bad food and accusing them.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Wasps, what is the second trick Philocleon uses to try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

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

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

5. What does Trygaeus do after arriving in heaven?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does the gang of Acharnians pursue Amphitheus?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Where does Strepsiades want to enroll his son Pheidippides in The Clouds?

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

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

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