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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata is pacing at the start of the play, waiting for the women of ____________ to arrive.
(a) Paris.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Athens.
(d) Rome.

2. Lysistrata looks at first for a _____________ upon which to swear an oath.
(a) Sword.
(b) Child.
(c) Knife.
(d) Shield.

3. The Commissioner demands to know why they women are so concerned about ____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Sex.
(c) Money.
(d) Power.

4. Lysistrata tells the women to be calm and wait for the spirit of _________ to fill the men so the attack can really begin.
(a) Desire.
(b) Peace.
(c) War.
(d) Love.

5. Lysistrata notes that when women offered suggestions, they were told to be ____________.
(a) Subservient.
(b) Louder.
(c) Quiet.
(d) Obedient.

6. Lysistrata says the first thing the women will do when they are in control is to rid the marketplace of ___________.
(a) Men.
(b) Children.
(c) Soldiers.
(d) Pickpockets.

7. The Commissioner gives a speech about how women use their _________________.
(a) Voices.
(b) Sexual wiles.
(c) Perfumes.
(d) Bodies.

8. The men think the women's plan is a cover for a plan by _________ to empty the Athenian Treasury.
(a) Naples.
(b) Paris.
(c) Rome.
(d) Sparta.

9. The Commissioner goes into a story about how women fighting for their rights brings ______________.
(a) Moral chaos.
(b) Peace.
(c) Better understanding.
(d) Gender wars.

10. The Chorus of Men take off their ________, revealing they are ready for battle.
(a) Armor.
(b) Pants.
(c) Cloaks.
(d) Helmets.

11. What does the Male Leader do to the Female Leader to cause her to lash out initially?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Tries to seduce her.
(c) Threatens her.
(d) Laughs at her.

12. Who reassures Lysistrata that the women will show up for the meeting she has called?
(a) Athene.
(b) Kleonike.
(c) Lampito.
(d) Boiotia.

13. The Male Leader asks the Commissioner to arrest Lysistrata and the rest of the women in the name of ____________.
(a) Their families.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Male honor.
(d) Mars.

14. The Female Leader mocks the ____________ passed by men after the women remove another layer of clothes.
(a) Phalluses.
(b) Laws.
(c) Children.
(d) Gods.

15. Lysistrata believes the women will make themselves so pretty that the men will not want to _____________.
(a) Fight in the coliseum.
(b) Drink anymore.
(c) Cheat.
(d) Go to war.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _______________ pour out of the temple, overwhelming the Commissioner and the men.

2. Lysistrata explains that withholding the _____________ means the men will be unable to go to war.

3. ____________ delivers a speech about how men have made a mess in the city for years as the women have sat by.

4. What does the Commissioner tell the officers to use in order to pry open the doors to the Akropolis?

5. Instead, Kleonike suggests that the oath be sworn with a _____________.

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