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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the end of The Acharnians, Dikaiopolis claims he is keen to do what?
(a) Go to bed.
(b) Continue selling in his market.
(c) Share his peace.
(d) Cook for everyone else.

2. Who poses as the eunuchs?
(a) Two dancing girls.
(b) Wrong and Right.
(c) Nobody, they are really eunuchs.
(d) Cleisthenes and Strato.

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

4. What is Lamachus doing when he sees Dikaiopolis at the end of The Acharnians?
(a) Pouring a drink.
(b) Carrying loot from his spoils.
(c) Making a peace offering.
(d) Being carried by two soldiers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What hobby will probably bankrupt Strepsiades?

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. Who is the first person to drink a whole pitcher on Pitcher Day?

4. In Part 3 of The Acharnians, an informer denounces the Megarian girls as what?

5. How many members of the Chorus of Acharnians have been elected to serve as an ambassador?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Megarans. How are they depicted?

2. What can the Thebian use the Informer for?

3. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

4. The playwright highlights Dikaiopolis's character arc by juxtaposing Lamachus getting ready for battle with Dikaiopolis getting ready to go feast. How has the character of Dikaiopolis changed?

5. What is the Chorus of Acharnians's attitude toward Dikaiopolis and Lamachus at the end of the play?

6. How does the Chorus of Acharnians feel about Dikaiopolis after the Megaran leaves?

7. What is Pheidippides immediate opinion of Socrates's school?

8. Dikaiopolis refuses business only to one slave. Why is that?

9. Describe the outfit Dikaiopolis assembles for his defense.

10. Describe the army sent from Thrace brought by Theorus.

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