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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Great men of the past.
(b) Cleon.
(c) Athens' merchant.
(d) Great men of the future.

2. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?
(a) A general.
(b) A backer.
(c) A god.
(d) A sausage vendor.

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

4. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?
(a) Everyone loves Cleon.
(b) Cleon is a Spartan.
(c) Everyone is afraid of Cleon.
(d) Cleon is being emancipated.

5. Who is Demosthenes and Nicias' master?
(a) Lemos.
(b) Amos.
(c) Demos.
(d) Scemos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is specifically targeted in Bdelycleon's counter-argument?

2. After his father's attempts to escape, what does Bdelycleon fear?

3. Whose money is Pheidippides betting with at the beginning of The Clouds?

4. What are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?

5. After realizing he helped create a monster, what does Strepsiades do at the end of The Clouds?

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