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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus want to leave at the beginning of Birds?

2. How is the disagreement between Euripides and his opponent settled?

3. How do Eulipides and Pisthetaerus think the gods can be supplanted?

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

5. Who ferries Dionysus across the river in Hades?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the old women's role in Lysistrata's plan?

2. In The Birds, what happens to Eulipides and Pisthetaerus after they eat the root given by Hoopoe?

3. What are Aeschylus and Euripides representing in The Frogs?

4. Why are Dionysus and Xanthias visiting Dionysus's half-brother in The Frogs?

5. Why is Lysistrata convening the meeting and what is discussed?

6. What plan does Lysistrata hope to put in place with the support of the other women?

7. In the play The Frogs, where are Dionysus and Xanthias going and how are they greeted when they arrived?

8. Who becomes king of the birds at the end of The Birds?

9. What crime does Mnesilochus admit committing as a woman?

10. Who arrived in Athens at the end of Lysistrata and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The end of Thesmophoriazusae is the depiction of a wedding festival. Discuss the importance of this event as the end of the book. What does it represent? What is its significance? Use examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Thesmophoriazusae examines women in Greek society by depicting women and the poet, Euripides, who angered them through his frequent portrayal of their vices which has led to their oppression. Discuss how Aristophanes changes his depiction of women from the beginning of the play with Euripides to the end of the play. What does this acknowledge?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of Socrates in The Clouds and discuss why his character in this play proved controversial. Would you consider his depiction of Socrates comedic? Distorted? Make sure you identify Socrates' role as a well-known and intellectual figure in Athens. Give examples of how Aristophanes used comedy or distorted the truth in his depiction of Socrates in Clouds.

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