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

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

3. At the end of Peace, how does the celebration end?
(a) People are celebrating, using war instruments as peaceful tools.
(b) Zeus refuses to assist in the wedding.
(c) People steal the bride and escape flying on a giant beetle.
(d) War comes back.

4. How is Cleon outbid for support at the Boule?
(a) Cleon is not outbid.
(b) The merchant goes on strike.
(c) The sausage seller promises free food to the council.
(d) The sausage seller threatens the council.

5. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?
(a) Birds.
(b) Women shaped clouds.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?

2. What does Trygaeus ask his servants and daughter not to do?

3. What does Dicaeopolis agree to?

4. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?

5. What is Strepsiades doing to convince Pheidippides to stop betting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does the gang of Acharnians pursue Amphitheus?

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

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

9. In Peace, why do you think the god of war needs a new pestle?

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

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