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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after Dicaeopolis finishes his speech to the crowd?
(a) Dicaeopolis escapes.
(b) The ones that are convinced and the ones that are not fight.
(c) Dicaeopolis is freed.
(d) Dicaeopolis is put to death.

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

3. What type of contest is Dicaeopolis invited to participate in?
(a) Darts.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Chess.
(d) Drinking.

4. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Pheidippides.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Plato.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?

2. When Cleon and the sausage merchant are off stage, who is praised in the first part of the speech by the chorus?

3. What does Dicaeopolis wait for at the beginning of Acharnians?

4. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?

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

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