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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who arrives in the city after the chorus of men commiserates with Cinesias?
(a) A Spartan herald.
(b) A Spartan woman.
(c) A Spartan merchant.
(d) A Spartan governor.

3. What is Praxagora's plan at the beginning of The Assemblywomen?
(a) To blackmail politicians.
(b) To violently take control of parliament.
(c) To come early to the Athenian parliament to take a majority of seats.
(d) To leave town with all the women.

4. Who takes the place of "Best Tragic poet" at Hades' table at the end of The Frogs?
(a) Euripides.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Sophocles.

5. At the beginning of the Birds, who are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus looking for?
(a) Hoopoe.
(b) Athena.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Heracles.

6. In The Assemblywomen, what do Blepyros and the other men find out in the morning?
(a) Parliament turned over the power to Sparta.
(b) That the women left the city.
(c) That the men need to wear dresses.
(d) Parliament turned over power to the women.

7. Who is getting married at the end of The Birds?
(a) Sovereignty and Hoopoe.
(b) Hera and Pisthetaerus.
(c) Hera and Zeus.
(d) Sovereignty and Pisthetaerus.

8. In The Assemblywomen, what resolution does Praxagora plan to introduce for Greece?
(a) Go to war.
(b) Make peace with Sparta.
(c) Turn the power over to women.
(d) Force men to wear dresses.

9. What god is caught wandering on earth at the end of The Birds?
(a) Iris.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Athena.

10. What are Eulipides and Pisthetaerus transforming into in the woods?
(a) Birds.
(b) Rats.
(c) Monkeys.
(d) Squirrels.

11. n Thesmophoriazusae, what is of interest concerning Agathon?
(a) He is playing the role of Euripides in a play.
(b) His wife has spare clothes.
(c) He is writing a play about women's rights.
(d) He is dressed as a woman for a part in his play.

12. Who is Dionysus at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) A miner.
(b) A backer.
(c) A slave.
(d) A God.

13. Who attends the meeting organized by Lysistrata?
(a) The men of Athens.
(b) The women of Greece.
(c) Athens' parliament.
(d) Athens' constables.

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

15. Why isn't Xanthias allowed to go across the river with Dionysus?
(a) He is too heavy.
(b) He can fly.
(c) He is a slave.
(d) He wants to swim.

Short Answer Questions

1. In The Assemblywomen, why is Chremes made fun of by another citizen?

2. Where are Mnesilochus and his cousin going to at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?

3. In Lysistrata, what are some of the women trying to do while guarding the building they took over?

4. What convinced Sparta to make the proposal?

5. What does the visitor from Sparta want?

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