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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lysistrata explains that withholding the _____________ means the men will be unable to go to war.
(a) Children.
(b) Temple.
(c) Money.
(d) Sex.

2. Who loudly supports the proposal that Lysistrata talks about as illustrated in #74?
(a) Lampito.
(b) Kleonike.
(c) No one.
(d) Myrrhine.

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

4. What is the Chorus of Men complaining about when they enter the second part?
(a) Their knees.
(b) The women.
(c) Their work.
(d) Their desires.

5. What can be heard as the two women pass a goblet back and forth?
(a) Birds.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Gods.
(d) Thunder.

6. The ________ Leader grabs the __________ Leader and slips away, telling the Chorus of Women to fight back.
(a) Male/Old Woman.
(b) Female/Old Man.
(c) Male/Female.
(d) Female/Male.

7. Lysistrata admits that her plan also includes taking over ___________ Temple and the Akropolis.
(a) Mars'.
(b) Apollo's.
(c) Zeus'.
(d) Athene's.

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

9. What does the Female Leader grab before running back to the women?
(a) Male Leader's helmet.
(b) Male Leader's shield.
(c) Male Leader's ankle.
(d) Male Leader's sword.

10. Who is the pretty young woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the town?
(a) Maria.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Kleonike.

11. Lysistrata lets the women know there is already a group of older ___________ women waiting for her signal.
(a) Roman.
(b) Athenian.
(c) Spartan.
(d) Italian.

12. The Chorus of Women point out that the men have left Athens with ___________.
(a) Ash.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Terror.
(d) Ruins.

13. Kleonike reminds Lysistrata that women are supposed to be pretty, ornamental, and __________.
(a) Quiet.
(b) Loud.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Sexy.

14. The Chorus of Men remove another layer of clothing to give the women a whiff of _____________.
(a) Power.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Manhood.
(d) Dirt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The women urge themselves to have ____________ as they approach the men.

2. Lysistrata looks at first for a _____________ upon which to swear an oath.

3. The Female Leaders talks about having invested her _________ in the life and worth of Athens.

4. Kleonike tells Lysistrata to be _______ as women are supposed to be good for only certain things.

5. The _________ vow to fight with real, physical strength in the battle between the men and the women.

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