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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the play Lysistrata end?
(a) Sparta invades Athens.
(b) Spartans and Athenians share a banquet celebrating peace.
(c) Athens invades Sparta.
(d) The women go back to their husbands willingly.

2. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?
(a) He loves women.
(b) He loves the courts.
(c) He loves women.
(d) He loves drinking.

3. At the beginning of the Birds, who are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus looking for?
(a) Hoopoe.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athena.
(d) Heracles.

4. In The Assemblywomen, what is Blepyros' relationship with Praxagora?
(a) Praxagora's brother.
(b) Praxagora's husband.
(c) Praxagora's father.
(d) Praxagora's son.

5. Who attends the meeting organized by Lysistrata?
(a) The women of Greece.
(b) Athens' parliament.
(c) Athens' constables.
(d) The men of Athens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who ferries Dionysus across the river in Hades?

2. Who enrolls in the think-shop in Pheidippides' stead?

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

4. What do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus eat in the woods to undergo a transformation?

5. In Thesmophoriazusae, who speaks in Euripides' defense at the women's court?

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