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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. Who foiled Philocleon's plan?
(a) Sosias.
(b) Bdelycleon.
(c) Philocleon.
(d) Xanthias.

2. What are Sosias and Xanthias doing at the start of The Wasps?
(a) Writing a play.
(b) Playing cards.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Keeping watch over their master Bdelycleon's house.

3. What are Demosthenes and Nicias doing the night of the play?
(a) Getting drunk and stealing wine.
(b) They are sleeping.
(c) Playing cards.
(d) Talking military tactics.

4. Who does the teacher ask for to replace Strepsiades?
(a) Pheidippides.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Trygaeus discover upon his arrival in heaven?

2. In Peace, after much effort by the chorus, who comes out of the unblocked entrance?

3. What became of Pheidippides?

4. What does peace and Hermes give Trygaeus to thank him for liberating Peace?

5. Who is going to war while Dicaeopolis is at the contest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who replaces Strepsiades at the school in The Clouds?

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

3. In The Wasps, what does the dog's trial teach us about Philocleon's ballot habit?

4. Why is Strepsiades expelled shortly after his enrollment at the school in The Clouds?

5. Why is Cleon portrayed as a betraying slave in The Knights?

6. Why does the gang of Acharnians pursue Amphitheus?

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

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

9. What does Philocleon do before the arrival of The Wasps?

10. In Peace, why does Trygaeus want to see the gods?

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