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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) Shouting.
(b) Singing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Dancing.

2. At the think-shop, who is Strepsiades presented to after his enrollment?
(a) Heracles.
(b) Plato.
(c) Pheidippides.
(d) Socrates.

3. What does peace and Hermes give Trygaeus to thank him for liberating Peace?
(a) Mayfair as his wife.
(b) Harvesthome as a slave.
(c) Harvesthome as his wife.
(d) Another giant beetle.

4. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?
(a) A man.
(b) A child.
(c) A woman.
(d) A bag of coal.

5. What happened to the Acharnians' farms before the play begins?
(a) They were burned down by Spartans.
(b) They were built on loose soil.
(c) They had good crops.
(d) They were sold to Sparta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Peace, what is Hermes trying to prevent after War leaves heaven?

2. What is Bdelycleon's father's affliction?

3. What are the two slaves collecting for their master's beetle at the start of Peace?

4. Who greets Trygaeus upon his arrival at the gates of heaven?

5. At the beginning of The Knights, what are Demosthenes and Nicias complaining about?

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