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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 are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?
(a) Getting drunk and stealing wine.
(b) Talking military tactics.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) They are sleeping.

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

3. What does one of the gods who remained in heaven plan on doing to the Greek cities?
(a) To create a tsunami.
(b) To unleash the Titans on the Greek cities.
(c) To destroy them with mortar.
(d) To bring peace to the land.

4. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?
(a) Demos.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athens' government.
(d) The chorus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Peace, what are the gods feelings about the war in Greece?

2. What became of Pheidippides?

3. Who is going to war while Dicaeopolis is at the contest?

4. How old is Dicaeopolis?

5. What must Athenians and Trygaeus' servants prepare for when Trygaeus returns?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What arguments does Dicaeopolis' use before the crowd while his head is on the chopping block?

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