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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the reaction of the one that is supposed to replace Cleon?
(a) Frightened.
(b) Overjoyed.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) He refuses the honor.

2. What is Strepsiades trying to do after relenting over beating Pheidippides?
(a) Enroll Pheidippides in Socrates' class to get rid of his debt.
(b) Enroll Pheidippides in the army.
(c) Enroll Pheidippides in school so he can find a job.
(d) Enroll Pheidippides in betting classes.

3. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?
(a) Through the window.
(b) Though the chimney.
(c) Through the back door.
(d) Through the basement.

4. At the beginning of Peace, what is the purpose of the master's beetle?
(a) To clean the streets of Athens.
(b) To bring their master to the gods.
(c) To act as a sewage system.
(d) To destroy Sparta.

5. What task is assigned to Sosias and Xanthias?
(a) Keeping their master's father, Philocleon, in the house.
(b) Keeping their master's father from entering the house.
(c) Keeping playwrights from entering the house.
(d) Keeping beggars from entering the house.

6. Who are Cleon and his rival trying to convince of their worth?
(a) Demos.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athens' government.
(d) The chorus.

7. Who are the real gods according to the teacher at the think-shop?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Birds.
(d) Women shaped clouds.

8. In Peace, what are the gods feelings about the war in Greece?
(a) Resigned.
(b) Envious.
(c) Like it.
(d) Tired of it.

9. What does one of the gods who remained in heaven plan on doing to the Greek cities?
(a) To bring peace to the land.
(b) To unleash the Titans on the Greek cities.
(c) To destroy them with mortar.
(d) To create a tsunami.

10. What are Bdelycleon and his father, Philocleon's, views on Cleon?
(a) They both hate Cleon.
(b) Bdelycleon hates Cleon and Philocleon loves Cleon.
(c) They both love Cleon.
(d) Bdelycleon loves Cleon and Philocleon hates Cleon.

11. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?
(a) A god.
(b) A general.
(c) A backer.
(d) A sausage vendor.

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

13. Who is being tried in the makeshift court Bdelycleon in his house at the end of The Wasps?
(a) Cleon.
(b) Philocleon.
(c) A dog.
(d) A duck.

14. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?
(a) Everyone loves Cleon.
(b) Everyone is afraid of Cleon.
(c) Cleon is being emancipated.
(d) Cleon is a Spartan.

15. What does Dicaeopolis do after the meeting with the Spartans?
(a) He goes to the Assembly.
(b) He hides in his house.
(c) He goes to sleep.
(d) He organizes a feast to the God Dionysus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?

2. In Peace, why is War leaving heaven after his servant returns empty handed from earth?

3. Whose money is Pheidippides betting with at the beginning of The Clouds?

4. What does the teacher eventually decide about Strepsiades?

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

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