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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. How is a man supposed to earn the right to sleep with a pretty girl according to Praxagora?

2. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus think the gods can be supplanted?

3. What are the women preparing for at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Euripides rescue Mnesilochus after his arrest?

10. How is Praxagora's husband reacting to the new rules instating by Praxagora?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Take one of the Aristophanes' other plays and discuss how Frogs deviates from the pattern created in his earlier works. Why does Aristophanes stray from his pattern? Students may use secondary sources and examples from the book to support the discussion.

Essay Topic 2

As with many of Aristophanes' works, discuss the satire depicted in the culture of Athen's judicial system and Cleon. Discuss the accusations Aristophanes makes against Cleon in Wasps. Use examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of Socrates in The Clouds and discuss why his character in this play proved controversial. Would you consider his depiction of Socrates comedic? Distorted? Make sure you identify Socrates' role as a well-known and intellectual figure in Athens. Give examples of how Aristophanes used comedy or distorted the truth in his depiction of Socrates in Clouds.

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