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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?
(a) Singing.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Crying.

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

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

4. When Dicaeopolis fears the mob, who does Dicaeopolis go to see for help?
(a) Seneca.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) The Persian king.

5. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Birds.
(c) Cats.
(d) Women shaped clouds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?

2. What does the teacher eventually decide about Strepsiades?

3. In Peace, why is War leaving heaven after his servant returns empty handed from earth?

4. What prevented peace from being released sooner according to Trygaeus and Hermes?

5. How is Cleon's rival able to win?

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