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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Thesmophoriazusae, who conducts Mnesilochus' interrogation during the proceedings?
(a) The vendor.
(b) Agathon.
(c) Cleisthenes.
(d) Micca.

2. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus name the city they help create?
(a) Squirrelopolis.
(b) Birdopolis.
(c) Monkeylopolis.
(d) Cuckoonebulopolis.

3. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus think the gods can be supplanted?
(a) By stealing Zeus' thunder.
(b) By building a castle between earth and heaven.
(c) By stealing fire from men.
(d) By dressing like birds.

4. Who is Xanthias at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) A God.
(b) A nymph.
(c) A playwright.
(d) Dionysus' slave.

5. What do the old women do while the meeting is being held?
(a) Take over the assembly.
(b) They take over the Acropolis.
(c) They take over the oracle.
(d) Take over the house of a general.

6. How is a man supposed to earn the right to sleep with a pretty girl according to Praxagora?
(a) By sleeping with an ugly older woman.
(b) By sleeping only with beautiful women.
(c) By cooking.
(d) By doing chores.

7. What are the women preparing for at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?
(a) To debate on women issues.
(b) To put Mnesilochus on trial for infidelity.
(c) To put Mnesilochus' cousin on trial for depicting women badly in his plays.
(d) To put Agathon on trial for dressing like a woman.

8. What does the visitor from Sparta want?
(a) To talk peace with Athens.
(b) To offer trading women.
(c) To declare war.
(d) To purchase cheese.

9. In Thesmophoriazusae, what punishment do the women want to apply to Mnesilochus' cousin?
(a) A fine.
(b) Death.
(c) Chores.
(d) Castration.

10. What does Hoopoe's servant claim to be when Euelpides and Pisthetaerus first meet him?
(a) A rat.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A bird.
(d) A monkey.

11. In Thesmophoriazusae, who warns the women of a spy in their mists during the court proceedings?
(a) Agathon.
(b) Cleisthenes.
(c) No-one.
(d) Demeter.

12. Where are Mnesilochus and his cousin going to at the beginning of Thesmophoriazusae?
(a) Poseidon feast.
(b) Zeus Festival.
(c) Athena's banquet.
(d) Demeter festival.

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

14. Who is Dionysus in route to at the beginning of The Frogs?
(a) His half-brother, Heracles.
(b) The oracle.
(c) To see Zeus.
(d) To see Hades.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Xanthias allowed to go across the river with Dionysus?

2. Who is Dionysus at the beginning of The Frogs?

3. Who helps Pisthetaerus trick Zeus at the end of The Birds?

4. What does Lysistrata want in the play, Lysistrata?

5. How did the attendees react to the proposal made by Lysistrata?

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