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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Trygaeus do after arriving in heaven?
(a) He hits the god.
(b) He argues with the god.
(c) He feeds his beetle.
(d) He goes back home.

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

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

4. What is Strepsiades doing to convince Pheidippides to stop betting?
(a) He stops loaning him money.
(b) He is beating him up.
(c) He is having a heart to heart chat.
(d) He forbids him from betting.

5. In Peace, why is War leaving heaven after his servant returns empty handed from earth?
(a) He wants to renounce his godhood.
(b) He wants more salad.
(c) He needs to go find the other gods.
(d) He needs to find new pestle.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the Clouds, where does Socrates go when he needs to think?

3. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?

4. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?

5. What are Bdelycleon and his father, Philocleon's, views on Cleon?

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