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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?
(a) Sparta to surrender to Athens.
(b) Athens to surrender to Sparta.
(c) The assembly to begin.
(d) His wife to come back from the Oracle.

2. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?
(a) Weaseling his way into a position of trust for personal gain.
(b) Not cleaning the beetle's stall.
(c) Cooking bad food and accusing them.
(d) Not doing his share of chores.

3. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?
(a) The war.
(b) Taxes.
(c) Internal policies.
(d) Trivial things.

4. Why does Dicaeopolis go to see the playwright?
(a) To go hunting with him.
(b) To have him write a speech.
(c) To borrow the beggar costume.
(d) To help him write a play.

5. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the second part of the speech by the chorus?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Sparta.
(c) Horse.
(d) Cleon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?

2. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?

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

4. How old is Dicaeopolis?

5. What does Cleon do after the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?

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