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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Male Leader tells the men of the Chorus, they must go to the _____________ in order to regain control.

3. What does Lysistrata have in her hand that helps her block the advances of the officers?

4. What does the grabbing in #93 do to the Male Leader in the play?

5. Lysistrata wraps the Commissioner up in a piece of __________ to represent a shroud.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't the Commissioner complete a deal with the Athenian fleet to outfit the fleet with wood?

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

3. What is Kinesias wearing when he enters the Temple in order to talk to Myrrhine?

4. How does Lysistrata think that salvation can be gained for women?

5. What does Lysistrata reveal to the Female Leader when she asks Lysistrata what is wrong?

6. What happens as the officers attempt to arrest the women who are blocking the way to the Akropolis?

7. What does Myrrhine tell Kinesias as she appears on the roof to talk to him?

8. What does Lysistrata confess she has been thinking about when Kleonike asks her why she called the meeting?

9. What does the Female Leader suggest now that peace is at hand, which the Male Leader initially refuses?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Though the women are looking to have more freedom and to have peace in the area, they seem to be going about it by playing on stereotypes they're trying to dismiss.

Part 1: Why did the women choose sex as the bargaining chip in the fight for peace?

Part 2: Do you think tempting the men is a strong way of showing the men that they are the more powerful sex? Why or why not?

Part 3: Does the idea of women using lust to gain power seem to support feminism or not? Why?

Essay Topic 2

It's interesting to think about other motivations the women may have had in this play to begin to withhold sex.

Part 1: Do you think the intentions of the women were pure and only for the promotion of peace? Why or why not?

Part 2: How does the play change for you if the women were simply withholding sex because they were bored from being at home alone?

Part 3: Do you think the women were as interested in peace as they seemed to be? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Through the play, one can begin to see what the author, Aristophanes, thought about women as well.

Part 1: Why do you think a woman was chosen to be the main character of this play?

Part 2: How is Lysistrata portrayed in this play? Is she strong and powerful or weak and manipulative?

Part 3: Do you think Aristophanes has a positive opinion of women? Why or why not?

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