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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Dikaiopolis finishes his defense?

2. After Dikaiopolis removes the informer and goes into his house, a Thebian stops outside with his entourage. What do they do?

3. Who does Dikaiopolis enlist to help him before the trial?

4. Who does Strepsiades complain to while he is supposed to be sleeping?

5. What does the Bridegroom's Slave offer Dikaiopolis for just one ladle of peace?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The Leader of The Chorus of The Clouds directly addresses the audience just after Strepsiades enters The Thinkery. Summarize their direct appeal.

3. Describe what and how the students study at Socrates's school.

4. Why is Strepsiades so fretful he can't even sleep in the beginning of The Clouds?

5. What does the sacrifice Dikaiopolis makes with the peace look like?

6. What do all the bugs in The Thinkery suggest?

7. Describe "The Great King's Eye."

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

9. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

10. Why are the Chorus of Acharnians angry as they make their first appearance in The Acharnians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The gods and goddesses are peppered through Aristophanes's work. Collect and describe the gods place in Athenian everyday life. Talk about the relationship between the gods and the people.

Essay Topic 2

Some of the situations and ideas expressed by Aristophanes throughout his work may come across today as offensive. Keeping in mind the range of things people find comedic today, talk about what those situations were and why they were historically considered fodder for comedy. In short, what did Ancient Greece find funny, and how have we changed?

Essay Topic 3

Talk about the problems involved with the female empowerment in Lysistrata.

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