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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 god is caught wandering on earth at the end of The Birds?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Iris.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

2. What are the women preparing for at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?
(a) To put Mnesilochus on trial for infidelity.
(b) To debate on women issues.
(c) To put Agathon on trial for dressing like a woman.
(d) To put Mnesilochus' cousin on trial for depicting women badly in his plays.

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

4. 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.

5. In The Assemblywomen, what resolution does Praxagora plan to introduce for Greece?
(a) Turn the power over to women.
(b) Force men to wear dresses.
(c) Go to war.
(d) Make peace with Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus transforming into in the woods?

2. In Thesmophoriazusae, what do the women try to do to Mnesilochus to confirm that he is a man?

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, how did the women try to uncover the spy during the court proceedings?

4. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus propose to the one they meet in the woods?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does Euripides rescue Mnesilochus after his arrest?

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

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

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

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