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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Clouds, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Ismenias and the slaves pack Nicharus?
(a) In rags.
(b) In leaves.
(c) In shavings.
(d) In olives.

2. Where does Dikaiopolis's wife watch the sacrifice from?
(a) The yard.
(b) A window.
(c) The altar.
(d) The roof.

3. How does Dikaiopolis agree to speak his side to the Chorus of Acharnians?
(a) With his head over a block.
(b) On a catapult, ready to launch.
(c) Blindfolded.
(d) In a headlock.

4. What hobby will probably bankrupt Strepsiades?
(a) Writing.
(b) Painting.
(c) Horses.
(d) Drinking.

5. What word best describes the way Socrates speaks to Strepsiades?
(a) Astute.
(b) Clear.
(c) Articulate.
(d) Confusing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has changed about Pheidippides's appearance since he entered The Thinkery?

2. Who does Dikaiopolis enlist to help him before the trial?

3. When Strepsiades and Pheidippides arrive at the school for the first time together, who answers the door?

4. How many members of the Chorus of Acharnians have been elected to serve as an ambassador?

5. Why does Pheidippides agree to go to learn rhetoric?

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