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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Diakiopolis's whole family gets involved with the peace ritual. What does the daughter bring to sacrifice?
(a) Cheese and olives.
(b) Ambrosia.
(c) Wine.
(d) Cake and soup.

2. According to Dikaiopolis, who or what started the war?
(a) Pericles sent out thunder and lightning.
(b) The Spartians cutting down Athenian vines.
(c) A difference in religion with the Megarians.
(d) A few drunk Athenian men kidnapped a woman.

3. What barnyard animal do the Megarian's daughters pose as?
(a) Lambs.
(b) Goats.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Pigs.

4. Does Dikaiopolis sell to the slave?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Yes, but not the eels.
(d) Yes, but at twice the price.

5. Who is the second ambassador in the assembly to speak?
(a) Theorus.
(b) Ismenias.
(c) Nicarchus.
(d) Dercetes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?

2. At the end of The Acharnians, The Chorus of Acharnians decides to follow who offstage, thereby symbolically giving support to which way of life?

3. In the beginning of The Acharnians, who arrives late to the assembly and speaks to the crowd first?

4. Why does Nicarchus denounce the Thebian?

5. Lamachus requests what at the end of the play, The Acharnians?

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