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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the visitor from Sparta want?

2. What city do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to leave at the beginning of Birds?

3. In The Assemblywomen, what do Blepyros and the other men find out in the morning?

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

5. When Dionysus arrives in Hades, who is Euripides in conflict with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who volunteers to spy on the women on behalf of Euripides in Thesmophoraizusae?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The end of Thesmophoriazusae is the depiction of a wedding festival. Discuss the importance of this event as the end of the book. What does it represent? What is its significance? Use examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

In the Birds, Aristophanes speculates on the creation of a utopia based on two men who want to return to nature by escaping civilization. What aspects of civilization do the men want to escape from, and how does their desire for escape lead to the formation of a utopia? Define utopia in your discussion and use examples from the play to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

Satire is a literary style often used by Aristophanes in his plays, through which he uses humor and criticism to examine the nature of government, society, war and gender roles. In Lysistrata, Aristophanes uses satire to examine several different themes. In a critical essay, examine what themes Aristophanes focuses on and how he uses double entendres to add humor. In your essay, make sure you define both satire and double entendres, as well as use examples from the book to support your discussion.

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