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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 do the orators preceding Dicaeopolis speak of?
(a) Taxes.
(b) Trivial things.
(c) The war.
(d) Internal policies.
2. Upon his arrival at the think-shop, how is Strepsiades greeted?
(a) Somebody takes his toga.
(b) Somebody takes his shoes.
(c) Somebody takes his gloves.
(d) Somebody takes his cloak.
3. How successful is Dicaeopolis' argument to the crowd?
(a) Women are convinced and men are not.
(b) No one is convinced.
(c) Everyone is convinced.
(d) Half of the crowd is convinced and the other half is not.
4. Who does Amphitheus take hostage?
(a) A man.
(b) A woman.
(c) A child.
(d) A bag of coal.
5. In Peace, what are the gods feelings about the war in Greece?
(a) Like it.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Tired of it.
(d) Envious.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dicaeopolis do after the closing of the assembly?
2. What is the reaction of the one that is supposed to replace Cleon?
3. In the Knights, what do the slaves tell the audience?
4. What prevented peace from being released sooner according to Trygaeus and Hermes?
5. In Peace, after much effort by the chorus, who comes out of the unblocked entrance?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Socrates' school portrayed in The Clouds?
2. Why did the gods leave heaven in the Peace?
3. Why is Cleon portrayed as a betraying slave in The Knights?
4. In Peace, why do you think the god of war needs a new pestle?
5. What are the two slaves doing at the start of the Peace?
6. What is Dicaeopolis waiting for at the beginning of Acharnians and why?
7. In The Wasps, what argument does Bdelycleon make against the judicial system?
8. Where does Strepsiades want to enroll his son Pheidippides in The Clouds?
9. In Peace, what prevented peace form coming back according to Trygaeus and Hermes?
10. In Peace, why do you think Trygaeus thought peace was dead?
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