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

2. How does the play Lysistrata end?
(a) Sparta invades Athens.
(b) The women go back to their husbands willingly.
(c) Athens invades Sparta.
(d) Spartans and Athenians share a banquet celebrating peace.

3. Who attends the meeting organized by Lysistrata?
(a) Athens' constables.
(b) The men of Athens.
(c) Athens' parliament.
(d) The women of Greece.

4. How is Dionysus avoiding conflict with the characters that mistake him for Heracles?
(a) He trades clothes with Xanthias.
(b) He hides.
(c) He does not.
(d) He flies.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus doing at the start of The Birds?

2. How is a man supposed to earn the right to sleep with a pretty girl according to Praxagora?

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

4. What does Lysistrata want in the play, Lysistrata?

5. At the beginning of the Birds, who are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus looking for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Praxagora's husband reacting to the new rules instating by Praxagora?

5. Why do the women want to take power in The Assemblywomen and how do they plan on overthrowing the men?

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

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

8. Who and what are the Eulipides and Pisthetaerus looking for in The Birds?

9. Why are Dionysus and Xanthias visiting Dionysus's half-brother in The Frogs?

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

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