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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Frogs.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the fastest ways to go to Hades according to the text?
(a) Hanging, drinking poison or jumping off a tower.
(b) Killing someone.
(c) Ask Cerebus.
(d) Being tortured.

2. What became of Pheidippides?
(a) He stole money and ran away.
(b) He leaves his father's house.
(c) He continues betting.
(d) He becomes pale and ugly.

3. What does Pheidippides predict Strepsiades will do after Pheidippides finishes his training at Socrates' School?
(a) Strepsiades will soon be out of debt.
(b) Strepsiades will soon create more debt.
(c) Strepsiades will soon die.
(d) Strepsiades will soon create his own school.

4. What city do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to leave at the beginning of Birds?
(a) Athens.
(b) Tripoli.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Corinth.

5. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Women shaped clouds.
(c) Cats.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who takes the place of "Best Tragic poet" at Hades' table at the end of The Frogs?

2. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus claim to be after their encounter with the servant?

3. What way does Dionysus choose to use to enter Hades?

4. What is Eulipides and Pisthetaerus' first reaction when they meet who they came to find in the woods?

5. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?

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