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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Now that Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes all of the fascinating things learned in the school, how does Pheidippdes feel about learning?
(a) Pheidippdes rethinks his original feelings about the school.
(b) Pheidippdes is anxious he isn't smart enough to learn.
(c) Pheidippdes still thinks the school is foolish.
(d) Pheidippdes gets excited about the school also.

2. In Part 4 of Lysistrata, all of the women's excuses for wanting to leave the Acropolis are what?
(a) In the best interest of Lysistrata.
(b) Completely valid.
(c) In the best interest of Greece.
(d) Double-entendres.

3. As quoted in Lysistrata, complete Euripides' statement. "There is no beast so shameless as a ____"?
(a) Pig.
(b) Man.
(c) Woman.
(d) Child.

4. As the Choruses exchange words in Lysistrata upon their first meeting, Stratyllis offers to give the Men's Leader a what?
(a) Foot Massage.
(b) Feast.
(c) Roast.
(d) Bath.

5. Who is the leader of The Chorus of Old Women in Lysistrata?
(a) Stratyllis.
(b) Calonice.
(c) Lampito.
(d) Myrrhine.

6. What is the plan to get out the women occupying the Acropolis, according to the Men's Leader?
(a) Ask them to leave, or set their homes on fire.
(b) Ask them to leave, or smoke them out.
(c) Ask them to leave, or go on a sex strike.
(d) Aske them to leave, or burn all their gowns and robes at home.

7. In Lysistrata, after the Acropolis is opened, is it apparent that there are more men or women in the stand-off?
(a) Women.
(b) Women, but the men are more powerful.
(c) Men, but the women are smarter.
(d) Men.

8. What pair enter from the school as Strepsiades instructs Socrates what to teach Pheidippides?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Love and Hate.
(c) Light and Dark.
(d) Right and Wrong.

9. Lysistrata comes out from the Acropolis and meets Stratyllis, how does she act?
(a) She sings and dances.
(b) She is aggitated and paces.
(c) She is thoughtful and smirking.
(d) She is happy and victorious.

10. Wrong tells Pheidippides not to listen to Right because he will grow up and be what?
(a) A boring little baby.
(b) Smarter than everyone.
(c) Unable to communicate.
(d) Liked by too many people.

11. The women assembled are all ready to do anything to end the war except what?
(a) Renounce sex.
(b) Cut themselves in two.
(c) Sell everything they own.
(d) Walk through fire.

12. After the Magistrate runs off to "show his colleagues" what the women did to him, who comes out on stage?
(a) Calonice.
(b) Lysistrata.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) The Choruses.

13. How is Wrong dressed in Part 3 of The Clouds?
(a) An adolescent with a rooster.
(b) An old man in dated but luxurious clothing.
(c) An unhealthy young man who smirks.
(d) A robust solder from Sparta.

14. In The Clouds, who is "the bravest man that has performed the greatest number of labors"?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Heracles.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Poseidon.

15. The Chorus of Old Men primarily praise what, as they struggle to the Acropolis?
(a) Athenian Food.
(b) The Gods.
(c) Athenian Warriors.
(d) Athenian Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Calonice's first conversation with Lysistrata, which of the following are not part of what a woman can do?

2. What does Socrates tell Strepsiades about Pheidippides's progress?

3. How do Stratyllis and the Men's Leader and their followers get ready to fight?

4. Before the women took the Acropolis, the Magistrate had trouble with women. What did the last woman do to upset the Magistrate?

5. What does The Chorus of The Clouds predict about Strepsiades after this encounter with the Second Creditor?

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