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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. What convinced Sparta to make the proposal?
(a) The women of Sparta refuse to prepare food.
(b) The Spartans were defeated by the Athenian army.
(c) The women of Sparta refuse to clean clothes.
(d) The women of Sparta refuse to have intercourse too.

2. In The Assemblywomen, what do Blepyros and the other men find out in the morning?
(a) That the women left the city.
(b) Parliament turned over the power to Sparta.
(c) That the men need to wear dresses.
(d) Parliament turned over power to the women.

3. Who do the men see women, according to Lysistrata?
(a) Quiet.
(b) As rascals.
(c) Stupid.
(d) Unfaithful.

4. In Thesmophoriazusae, who speaks in Euripides' defense at the women's court?
(a) Cleisthenes.
(b) Agathon.
(c) Mnesilochus dressed as a woman.
(d) Zeus.

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, what punishment do the women want to apply to Mnesilochus' cousin?
(a) Death.
(b) A fine.
(c) Castration.
(d) Chores.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Dionysus in route to at the beginning of The Frogs?

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

3. Why do the old women take over that particular building in Lysistrata?

4. n Thesmophoriazusae, what is of interest concerning Agathon?

5. Who does Eulipides and Pisthetaerus come to meet in the woods look like?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Euripides rescue Mnesilochus after his arrest?

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

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

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

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

9. Why is Lysistrata convening the meeting and what is discussed?

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

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