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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. How did the attendees react to the proposal made by Lysistrata?
(a) They are indifferent.
(b) They balk at the plan, but later accept it.
(c) They leave the meeting.
(d) They are enthusiastic.

2. What question do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to ask at the beginning of The Birds?
(a) The answer to the Sphinx riddle.
(b) Where Hoopoe lives.
(c) Where they can find a quiet place to live.
(d) What the meaning of life is.

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

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

5. What is the visitor from Sparta hiding under his tunic?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A spear.
(c) A shield.
(d) A large erection.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Pisthetaerus going to take control of at the end of The Birds?

2. Who arrives in the city after the chorus of men commiserates with Cinesias?

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, who conducts Mnesilochus' interrogation during the proceedings?

4. What way does Dionysus choose to use to enter Hades?

5. Who is Dionysus at the beginning of The Frogs?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What crime does Mnesilochus admit committing as a woman?

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

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

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

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

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