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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ____________ delivers a speech about how men have made a mess in the city for years as the women have sat by.
(a) Lampito.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Kleonike.

3. The ______________ tells the Commissioner to be quiet and to look at the injuries that have been done.
(a) Old Woman.
(b) Male Leader.
(c) Old Man.
(d) Woman Leader.

4. The women are now armed with ___________ to fight off the attack by the men and the soldiers.
(a) Pitchers of water.
(b) Oil cans.
(c) Household implements.
(d) Fire.

5. Who appears with the four police officers at the start of this part of the play?
(a) President.
(b) Athene.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Commissioner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the pretty young woman who arrives in time for Lysistrata's meeting of the women of the town?

2. To whom do the Women pray in order to have strength and guidance?

3. The Male Leader asks the Commissioner to arrest Lysistrata and the rest of the women in the name of ____________.

4. The Chorus of Men take off their ________, revealing they are ready for battle.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Magistrate condemn the Chorus for doing at the start of this scene?

2. What are the Chorus of Men carrying when they enter the scene at the beginning of Part 2?

3. Why do the Chorus of Men remove another layer of clothing, as they explain to the women?

4. What happens as Lysistrata talks to the Female Leader, proving her confession to the leader?

5. What happens when the Chorus of Men take off their cloaks at the start of the scene?

6. What does Kinesias have to share when he comes out of the temple, though he first talks like a Spartan?

7. What does the Commissioner credit with helping the talks that have taken place in the Akropolis?

8. What happens as the Men and the Women go head to head in the battle?

9. What does the Messenger tell the Commissioner about the state of affairs in Sparta?

10. What does the Female Leader do to the Male Leader when he threatens her?

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