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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Demosthenes and Nicias' master?
(a) Scemos.
(b) Demos.
(c) Lemos.
(d) Amos.

2. What are Sosias and Xanthias doing at the start of The Wasps?
(a) Playing cards.
(b) Writing a play.
(c) Keeping watch over their master Bdelycleon's house.
(d) Sleeping.

3. When Dionysus arrives in Hades, who is Euripides in conflict with?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Aeschylus.
(d) Plato.

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

5. Who is Cinesias looking for when he comes to the building occupied by the women?
(a) His sister, Myrrhine.
(b) His wife, Myrrhine.
(c) His mother, Myrrhine.
(d) His daughter, Myrrhine.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Thesmophoriazusae, what punishment do the women want to apply to Mnesilochus' cousin?

2. In Peace, after much effort by the chorus, who comes out of the unblocked entrance?

3. Why is Pheidippides refusing to enroll?

4. What city do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to leave at the beginning of Birds?

5. What do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?

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