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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?
(a) He goes to the Oracle.
(b) He meets Dionysus.
(c) He goes to Sparta.
(d) He meets a man named Amphitheus.

2. What is Cleon's rival, the sausage merchant's real name?
(a) Agoracritus.
(b) Acokotus.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Dionysus.

3. How is Cleon's rival able to win?
(a) By being better at logic than Cleon.
(b) By running faster.
(c) By being a better sausage merchant.
(d) By being more shameless.

4. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?
(a) A woman.
(b) A bag of coal.
(c) A child.
(d) A man.

5. What is Strepsiades trying to do after relenting over beating Pheidippides?
(a) Enroll Pheidippides in betting classes.
(b) Enroll Pheidippides in school so he can find a job.
(c) Enroll Pheidippides in the army.
(d) Enroll Pheidippides in Socrates' class to get rid of his debt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became of Pheidippides?

2. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?

3. After the charges of crimes, who wins the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?

4. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?

5. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?

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