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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 is Cinesias looking for when he comes to the building occupied by the women?
(a) His wife, Myrrhine.
(b) His sister, Myrrhine.
(c) His daughter, Myrrhine.
(d) His mother, Myrrhine.

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

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin agree to do in order to rescue his cousin?
(a) To commit suicide.
(b) To write a tragedy.
(c) To do Chores.
(d) To not write anything bad about women again.

4. How is a man supposed to earn the right to sleep with a pretty girl according to Praxagora?
(a) By sleeping with an ugly older woman.
(b) By doing chores.
(c) By cooking.
(d) By sleeping only with beautiful women.

5. Who is getting married at the end of The Birds?
(a) Sovereignty and Hoopoe.
(b) Hera and Pisthetaerus.
(c) Hera and Zeus.
(d) Sovereignty and Pisthetaerus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Assemblywomen, what is Blepyros' relationship with Praxagora?

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

3. What is the visitor from Sparta hiding under his tunic?

4. What does Hoopoe's servant claim to be when Euelpides and Pisthetaerus first meet him?

5. When Eulipides and Pisthetaerus meet Hoopoe's servant, what does the servant first do to Eulipides and Pisthetaerus?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do the men react to the Lysistrata's taking over the treasury building?

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

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

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

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