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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. The Acharnians opens with a soliloquy by which character?

2. How does Dikaiopolis finally get the Chorus of Acharnians to listen to his side of the story?

3. How much longer after the second ambassador does the assembly stay open?

4. How much does the first Ambassador make in a day?

5. Who eats Dikaiopolis's lunch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of student is Strepsiades?

2. What can the Thebian use the Informer for?

3. Describe Dikaiopolis in the beginning of The Acharnians.

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

5. How does Dikaiopolis set up his shop?

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

7. What is Dikaiopolis'S strategy in choosing the Peace?

8. Describe the outfit Dikaiopolis assembles for his defense.

9. What does the Chorus of Acharnians look like?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is the majority of conflict resolved in Ancient Greece? In Aristophanes's work, name a conflict, no matter how large or small, in each of the three plays and talk about how it develops and how it is resolved.

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

Several other symbols, other than wine, are used in the three plays by Aristophanes. Pick three to describe and compare.

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