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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In The Clouds, what is the First Creditor collecting for?
(a) The pony.
(b) The stable fees.
(c) The chariot.
(d) The ash-colored horse.

4. What is the first question Lysistrata poses the assembled women?
(a) Do you miss your husband?
(b) Are you tired of war?
(c) Do you like to care of the home by yourself?
(d) Do you like to wear sheer robes?

5. In The Clouds, what does the First Creditor look like?
(a) He is very pale.
(b) He is very handsome.
(c) He is very fat.
(d) He is very thin.

6. Who did Lysistrata expect to be at her meeting first?
(a) The Acharnians.
(b) The Spartians.
(c) The Clouds.
(d) The Megarians.

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

8. Strepsiades goes back to The Thinkery to check and see if Pheidippides is ready. Who answers the door?
(a) The Chours of Clouds
(b) Socrates.
(c) The Student.
(d) Pheidippides.

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

10. According to Calonice's first conversation with Lysistrata, which of the following are not part of what a woman can do?
(a) Look pretty.
(b) Sit at home.
(c) Speak for herself.
(d) Wear giant slippers.

11. What does Right talk about in his big speech, debating with Wrong?
(a) There's no need to discipline children.
(b) Young boys should eat expensive fish.
(c) The good old days when people were decent.
(d) Children should be allowed to speak their mind.

12. What has changed about Pheidippides's appearance since he entered The Thinkery?
(a) He has become much more pale.
(b) He has become slightly fatter.
(c) He has become very tan.
(d) He has grown slightly taller.

13. 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) Bath.
(c) Feast.
(d) Roast.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What have the women done for the war effort, up to the play?

2. The Men's leader must give up onions in order to do what?

3. What day does Strepsiades tell Pheidippides he owes the creditors money?

4. Now that Strepsiades tells Pheidippdes all of the fascinating things learned in the school, how does Pheidippdes feel about learning?

5. What is the plan to get out the women occupying the Acropolis, according to the Men's Leader?

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