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

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

3. What does the Commissioner tell the officers to use in order to pry open the doors to the Akropolis?
(a) Cannons.
(b) Swords.
(c) Knives.
(d) Crowbars.

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

5. The Male and Female Chorus Leaders argue about who has the right to ____________, men or women.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Peace.
(c) Violence.
(d) Wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lysistrata says that she has been thinking about the state of ___________ for a long time.

2. The Commissioner goes into a story about how women fighting for their rights brings ______________.

3. What does the Female Leader grab before running back to the women?

4. The only way that Greece can attain unity and ________ is if the women take control, according to Lysistrata.

5. In thoughts of what does Kleonike begin to lose herself when she is talking with Lysistrata?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Kinesias think that Myrrhine should be ashamed of herself?

2. What do to the women talk about as they prepare for battle with the men?

3. Why is Lysistrata pacing at the start of the play during the opening scene?

4. What do Kleonike and some of the others complain about as they are waiting in the Temple?

5. What does the Chorus of Women reveal about the way they are dressed?

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

7. What does the Commissioner say the males have done, which has caused the chaos to erupt?

8. What does Kinesias plead for when he is talking to Lysistrata during this scene?

9. What happens when the Male Leader talks about the injuries that have been done to them?

10. What does Lysistrata think will happen if the women of Greece take control?

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