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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the things that Myrrhine runs back and forth to fetch from the temple?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Mattress.
(c) Perfume.
(d) Blanket.

2. After the prayer is finished, ________________ goes out of the scene.
(a) Myrrhine.
(b) Kinesias.
(c) Kleonike.
(d) Lysistrata.

3. Where does Lysistrata appear, telling the women to be ready for battle?
(a) Moat.
(b) Chapel.
(c) Tower.
(d) Boat.

4. The Male Chorus speaks in verse and tells a story about a ____________.
(a) Deer.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Woman.
(d) God.

5. The women treat the men to a ___________________ and each goes home with her husband.
(a) Bath.
(b) Gift.
(c) Banquet.
(d) Prayer.

6. Who is the person who is coming up the temple and is seen by Lysistrata?
(a) The Commissioner.
(b) Kinesias.
(c) The General.
(d) Male Leader.

7. The Commissioner tells the Messenger to go to _________________ and tell the government to negotiate for peace.
(a) Athens.
(b) Cairo.
(c) Rome.
(d) Sparta.

8. The male figure in the story goes out into the forest in order to avoid ____________.
(a) Peace.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) War.

9. The Chorus of Women notes that ____________ might not actually be able to find anything if they come to look.
(a) Men.
(b) Visitors.
(c) Children.
(d) Other women.

10. Who offers to wait around to help Myrrhine with the actions she must take?
(a) No one.
(b) Kleonike.
(c) Lysistrata.
(d) Lampito.

11. When Myrrhine begins to _____________, she asks her husband whether he will vote to end the war.
(a) Undress.
(b) Leave.
(c) Write.
(d) Sing.

12. The Chorus of Women speak of the bounty of ______________ things they have in their homes.
(a) Boring.
(b) Loving.
(c) Unnecessary.
(d) Beautiful.

13. Who does Kinesias want to see when he approaches the building and Lysistrata?
(a) Lampito.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Kleonike.

14. Who comes out of the Akropolis, drunk and belligerent when the door is pounded upon?
(a) Lampito.
(b) The Commissioner.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Boiotia.

15. What do the males offer up as a sign of power for men after praising the man in the story?
(a) Muscles.
(b) Dirtiness.
(c) Hairiness.
(d) Smelliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each trip Myrrhine makes to the temple leaves Kinesias more and more ______________.

2. Kinesias joins the Male Chorus in offering up a verse to the God _____________ to end his pain.

3. The Female Leader tells the Male Leader he looks more like a ____________ than ever.

4. The Male Leader finally submits to the Female Leader, calling to an end the _______________ they play on each other.

5. The male figure in the men's story is a ______________ who goes out to live in the forest.

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