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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. Who are fighting over the young man at the end of The Assemblywomen?
(a) Men.
(b) Beautiful women.
(c) Ugly women.
(d) Old women.

2. What are the fastest ways to go to Hades according to the text?
(a) Being tortured.
(b) Killing someone.
(c) Hanging, drinking poison or jumping off a tower.
(d) Ask Cerebus.

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin ask Agathon?
(a) To give him his wife's clothes.
(b) To spy on the women putting him on trial.
(c) To hide him.
(d) To come with him to meet the women.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What god is caught wandering on earth at the end of The Birds?

2. In The Assemblywomen, what does Praxagora want to do to remedy the situation in Athens?

3. What does the visitor from Sparta want?

4. What plan is proposed during the meeting at the beginning of Lysistrata?

5. How does the play Lysistrata end?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Euripides rescue Mnesilochus after his arrest?

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

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

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

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

6. Who arrived in Athens at the end of Lysistrata and why?

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

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

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

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

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