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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why doesn't the Chorus want War at his parties?
(a) He offends the guests.
(b) He eats all the food.
(c) He gets drunk and passes out.
(d) He gets drunk and violent.

2. When Strepsiades and Pheidippides arrive at the school for the first time together, who answers the door?
(a) Chaerephon.
(b) The Student.
(c) Socrates.
(d) The Chorus of the Clouds.

3. What happens after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?
(a) The Chorus of Acharnians pick up their stones.
(b) He runs for the coals.
(c) The Chorus of Acharnians splits in half.
(d) He sneaks off the block.

4. What does Socrates try to teach Strepsiades?
(a) Physics, dance, and culture.
(b) Chemistry, music, and politics.
(c) Geometry, language, and gender.
(d) Algebra, logic, and religion.

5. What does Dikaiopolis swap with the Thebian?
(a) Some pottery.
(b) The Megeran daughters.
(c) An informer.
(d) The crier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lamachus doing when he sees Dikaiopolis at the end of The Acharnians?

2. In the end of The Acharnians, Dikaiopolis claims he is keen to do what?

3. What does The Chorus of Acharnians cry when the first pitcher is finished?

4. Whose monologue opens The Clouds?

5. Who is the second ambassador in the assembly to speak?

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