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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. In The Assemblywomen, why is Chremes made fun of by another citizen?
(a) Bowing to a woman.
(b) Dressing like a woman.
(c) Contributing his belongings to the state.
(d) Cooking for his wife.

2. When Dionysus arrives in Hades, who is Euripides in conflict with?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aeschylus.

3. What is the visitor from Sparta hiding under his tunic?
(a) A shield.
(b) A large erection.
(c) A spear.
(d) Nothing.

4. In Lysistrata, what are some of the women trying to do while guarding the building they took over?
(a) Kill their husband.
(b) Go to Sparta.
(c) Sneak out to have sex.
(d) Sneak out to have food.

5. What city do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to leave at the beginning of Birds?
(a) Sparta.
(b) Athens.
(c) Tripoli.
(d) Corinth.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the play Lysistrata end?

2. In Thesmophoriazusae, what is Mnesilochus cousin's occupation?

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

4. What is Praxagora's plan at the beginning of The Assemblywomen?

5. What are the fastest ways to go to Hades according to the text?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea does Pisthetaerus come up with while talking with Hoopoe?

2. In the play The Frogs, where are Dionysus and Xanthias going and how are they greeted when they arrived?

3. What is Pisthetaerus' plan for gaining control over earth and heaven?

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

5. What plan does Lysistrata hope to put in place with the support of the other women?

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

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

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

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

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

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