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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?
(a) Not doing his share of chores.
(b) Cooking bad food and accusing them.
(c) Weaseling his way into a position of trust for personal gain.
(d) Not cleaning the beetle's stall.

2. In Lysistrata, what are some of the women trying to do while guarding the building they took over?
(a) Sneak out to have sex.
(b) Go to Sparta.
(c) Sneak out to have food.
(d) Kill their husband.

3. What are the gods complaining about at the end of Plutus?
(a) Starving as their crops need water.
(b) Starving as nobody is making sacrifices to them.
(c) They want to go to earth.
(d) They need more worshipers.

4. Who do Demosthenes and Nicias think is the cause of their trouble?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Their master.
(c) Athena.
(d) Zeus.

5. How successful is Dicaeopolis' argument to the crowd?
(a) No one is convinced.
(b) Everyone is convinced.
(c) Women are convinced and men are not.
(d) Half of the crowd is convinced and the other half is not.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?

2. What technique does Strepsiades use to justify the beatings he gave to his father?

3. In Plutus, what business was ruined by the redistribution of wealth, according to one of the gods?

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

5. What does the teacher eventually decide about Strepsiades?

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