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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?
(a) A woman.
(b) A child.
(c) A man.
(d) A bag of coal.

3. What contest do Cleon and his possible replacement engage in?
(a) Crying.
(b) Shouting.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

4. At the beginning of Acharnians, what does Dicaeopolis want to talk about after the assembly?
(a) The horrors of marriage.
(b) The horrors of taxation.
(c) The horrors of the ongoing war against Sparta.
(d) The horrors of Spartan food.

5. In the Clouds, where does Socrates go when he needs to think?
(a) In a basket suspended from the ceiling.
(b) Upside down.
(c) In a closet.
(d) In his bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does one of the gods who remained in heaven plan on doing to the Greek cities?

2. What do Demosthenes and Nicas accuse their fellow slave, Paphlagon, of doing?

3. In the Wasps, how does Philocleon try to escape the house Bdelycleon confined him in?

4. Who does the oracle predict will replace Cleon?

5. What happens when Amphitheus meets with the Spartans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dicaeopolis waiting for at the beginning of Acharnians and why?

2. Why is Dicaeopolis frustrated after the assembly adjournment?

3. How does Cleon react to losing the support of the crowd in The Knights?

4. Why must the two slaves in The Wasps prevent Philocleon from going out?

5. In Peace, why do you think Trygaeus thought peace was dead?

6. Why did the gods leave heaven in the Peace?

7. In Peace, what prevented peace form coming back according to Trygaeus and Hermes?

8. What reversal of fortune does Philocleon experience at the end of The Wasps?

9. Why does Dicaeopolis risk his life for his anti-war cause?

10. What does Demos and the sausage merchant think of the future at the end of The Knights?

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