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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Acharnians, Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Dikaiopolis make peace?
(a) He pours some wine on the ground.
(b) He signs several treaties.
(c) He sends his son as an ambassador.
(d) He gives his life in service to the Spartians.

2. How much longer after the second ambassador does the assembly stay open?
(a) They see several more ambassadors, and close.
(b) They close after the second ambassador.
(c) They see one more ambassador, then close.
(d) They work into the night.

3. What does Dikaiopolis forget before returning to his trial?
(a) Chevril.
(b) A lute.
(c) A harp.
(d) Wild flowers.

4. Who comes in after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Lamachus.
(c) Amphitheus.
(d) Cleon.

5. This isn't the first time Dikaiopolis got in trouble with the government. What was his past offense?
(a) Cleon accused him of plagirism.
(b) Cleon accused him of slandering Athens in front of foreigners.
(c) Cleon accused him of swindeling people in the market.
(d) Cleon accused him of treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Acharnians opens with a soliloquy by which character?

2. Who or what are the Chorus of Acharnians looking for when they make their first appearance?

3. How does Dikaiopolis agree to speak his side to the Chorus of Acharnians?

4. What does Dikaiopolis do after he makes peace?

5. What does the Ambassador from Persia bring back to the Assembly?

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