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

2. When the Choruses of Old Men and Old Women confront each other after the temporary defeat, the Old Men tell a tale of a man named what?
(a) Heracles.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Melanion.
(d) Perecles.

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

4. The man spotted by Lysistrata in Part 4 is actually a husband, belonging to one of the women present. Whose husband is he?
(a) Calonice.
(b) Lampito.
(c) Myrrhine.
(d) Lysistrata.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Women tell a story of Timon to the Men. According to the women, Timon hated men. What didn't Timon hate?

2. In Lysistrata, after the Acropolis is opened, is it apparent that there are more men or women in the stand-off?

3. What does Pheidippdes want to do with his father before Strepsiades brings out the rooster and hen?

4. In Lysistrata, what are the women going to do with the money in the temple?

5. Lysistrata sees a man in the distance by the shrine of Chloe. What is vexing him?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does The Clouds end?

2. The Chorus of Old Men also push logs up to the Acropolis. How do they handle the task and what does that symbolize?

3. After his education, what does Pheidippides consider acceptable in regard to his relationships with his parents?

4. Describe Cinesias.

5. How do the Choruses react to the scene between Cinesias and Myrrhine?

6. Describe the oath the four women take in Lysistrata.

7. Describe Lysistrata.

8. What does dressing the Magistrate as a woman symbolize?

9. What do the pitchers carried by The Chorus of Old Women represent?

10. Describe the Magistrate in Part 3 of Lysistrata.

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