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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What proposal does Amphitheus make to Dicaeopolis?
(a) To help him find a wife.
(b) To help him flee to Sparta.
(c) To broker a private peace deal between Athens and Sparta.
(d) To help him defeat Sparta.

4. What does Cleon do after the contest of defending themselves to the Knights?
(a) He thanks everyone for their support.
(b) He goes to the doctor as he can no longer speak.
(c) He accuses everyone of treason for not supporting him.
(d) He thanks the merchant for the sausage.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who foiled Philocleon's plan?

2. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

3. In Thesmophoriazusae, what did Mnesilochus' cousin ask Agathon?

4. In the Wasps, what is the second trick Philocleon uses to try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

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

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