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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. How did the attendees react to the proposal made by Lysistrata?
(a) They leave the meeting.
(b) They are enthusiastic.
(c) They balk at the plan, but later accept it.
(d) They are indifferent.

2. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin agree to do in order to rescue his cousin?
(a) To not write anything bad about women again.
(b) To do Chores.
(c) To commit suicide.
(d) To write a tragedy.

3. What way does Dionysus choose to use to enter Hades?
(a) He goes back home.
(b) He swims across.
(c) He waits for his master.
(d) Go the long way across the river.

4. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus think the gods can be supplanted?
(a) By building a castle between earth and heaven.
(b) By dressing like birds.
(c) By stealing Zeus' thunder.
(d) By stealing fire from men.

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, what is Mnesilochus cousin's occupation?
(a) Playwright.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Backer.
(d) Blacksmith.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pisthetaerus going to take control of at the end of The Birds?

2. In Thesmophoriazusae, what does Mnesilochus do to defend himself after being uncovered as a man?

3. When Eulipides and Pisthetaerus meet Hoopoe's servant, what does the servant first do to Eulipides and Pisthetaerus?

4. In Thesmophoraizusae, who speaks for the prosecution in the case against Euripides?

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, what questions did the interrogator ask Mnesilochus to try to determine if he is a woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who becomes king of the birds at the end of The Birds?

2. How does Euripides rescue Mnesilochus after his arrest?

3. What society do women in The Assemblywomen plan on instating after voting to put themselves in charge of Athens?

4. What happens to Mnesilochus after he admits to his crimes as a woman?

5. How is the life of a young man as a result of the new regime in The Assemblywomen?

6. What crime does Mnesilochus admit committing as a woman?

7. How do Pisthetaerus and the birds subdue the gods?

8. How are the women's meeting organized in Thesmophoriazusae?

9. What is the old women's role in Lysistrata's plan?

10. What is Euripides concerned about at the start of Thesmophoriazusae?

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