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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 is a man supposed to earn the right to sleep with a pretty girl according to Praxagora?
(a) By sleeping with an ugly older woman.
(b) By doing chores.
(c) By cooking.
(d) By sleeping only with beautiful women.

2. Who is Pisthetaerus going to take control of at the end of The Birds?
(a) Zeus' father, Cronus.
(b) Zeus' brother, Hades
(c) Zeus' mistress, Sovereignty.
(d) Zeus' wife, Hera.

3. n Thesmophoriazusae, what is of interest concerning Agathon?
(a) His wife has spare clothes.
(b) He is dressed as a woman for a part in his play.
(c) He is playing the role of Euripides in a play.
(d) He is writing a play about women's rights.

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

5. Who is Xanthias at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) A God.
(b) Dionysus' slave.
(c) A nymph.
(d) A playwright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the old women do while the meeting is being held?

2. How does the play Lysistrata end?

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

4. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin ask Agathon?

5. Who takes the place of "Best Tragic poet" at Hades' table at the end of The Frogs?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dionysus changing clothes so often in the middle of The Frogs?

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

3. Who volunteers to spy on the women on behalf of Euripides in Thesmophoraizusae?

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

5. In The Birds, what happens to Eulipides and Pisthetaerus after they eat the root given by Hoopoe?

6. What are Aeschylus and Euripides representing in The Frogs?

7. What does Lysistrata find some of the women trying to do?

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

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

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

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