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Aristophanes, known as the Father of Comedy, has been said to recreate the life of ancient Athens more accurately in his plays than any other known author. Eleven of them have survived intact (or nearly so), including "The Clouds", which Plato accused of slanderously portraying Socrates so as to lead to his trial and death.
2 Aristophanes quizzes and 25 Aristophanes trivia questions.
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  Lesson on 'Lysistrata'    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
One of my favourite ancient Greek comedies by Aristophanes. The jokes, subject matter, and rampant sexual innuendoes still hold up to today's standards. I hope you enjoy the quiz! :o)
Average, 10 Qns, angelinblack, Mar 01 04
Average
angelinblack
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  Aristophanes' Frogs    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Have you read 'Frogs' by Aristophanes? This is a multiple choice quiz. If you have not read the play...it is an excellent intellectual Greek masterpiece. Enjoy!
Tough, 15 Qns, JCSon, Mar 01 04
Tough
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Aristophanes Trivia Questions
1. Who had Heracles gone down to Hades for?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Cerberus

2. What two Greek city-states are at war with each other in the play?

From Quiz Lesson on 'Lysistrata'

Answer: Athens and Sparta

This play was meant to serve as a political and social commentary regarding the Peloponnesian War.

3. From which ship did Dionysus and Xanthias sink some twelve or thirteen Spartan ships?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Cleisthenes

4. Who did Dionysus refer to in the following line, 'Such is the longing that devours my soul For sweet..._______________'?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Euripides

As the sudden passion for pea soup, such was his longing for Euripides.

5. What famous Greek landmark do the women seize, which is used as the setting for almost the whole remainder of the play?

From Quiz Lesson on 'Lysistrata'

Answer: Acropolis & the Acropolis

A huge mountainous hill in Athens, the Acropolis was used as the site for many famous Greek buildings (such as the Parthenon) as well as being considered a Periclean (Pericles was an ancient Athenian ruler in the fifth century BCE) example of the 'ideal city-state,' since it served as the main site for the city of Athens.

6. Who was 'the only (poetic) blessing that remains to us'?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Iophon

Dionysus' reason for resurrecting Euripides was so that he might 'test young Iophon, And see what he (could) do all by himself'.

7. Who are Lysistrata's two closest Athenian female friends?

From Quiz Lesson on 'Lysistrata'

Answer: Kalonike and Myrrhina

Kalonike (the outspoken one) and Myrrhina (the starry eyed one) are Lysistrata's closest friends in Athens. Lampito is the leader for the Spartan women; while Ceres is the Roman equivalent of the Greek corn-goddess, Demeter.

8. Who was gone to the Elysian Feasts of Macedon?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Agathon

9. Who is Myrrhina's husband?

From Quiz Lesson on 'Lysistrata'

Answer: Cinesias

Aside from Telemachus (who is Odysseus' son from Homer's Greek epic poem, "The Odyssey"), all of these characters are present within the play. Cinesias is humiliated by his wife, who he lures out of the Acropolis in the hopes of copulating with her.

10. How much did the aged salt, Charon, charge to row a person over the enormous lake?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: two obols

11. Who concedes to Lysistrata's plan first: the Athenian women or the Spartan women?

From Quiz Lesson on 'Lysistrata'

Answer: Spartan & Spartan women

All of the women groan and mumble about Lysistrata's seemingly ridiculous plan to withdraw from sex, but Lampito (leader of the Spartan women) agrees to the terms, while Kalonike and Myrrhina are still complaining about the plan.

12. What name did Charon call Dionysus?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Fatty

'Sit down there, Fatty, on that bench.'

13. How much did the corpse want in exchange for carrying the pack?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: two drachmas

14. What is the name of the nude character, who represents a map of Greece and the epitome of sexual attractiveness, in a final attempt to initiate a peace agreement between the warring cities?

From Quiz Lesson on 'Lysistrata'

Answer: Harmony

The Athenian and Spartan women's employment of the enticing and sexy figure of Harmony is what ultimately secures the truce between Athens and Sparta.

15. Who had one leg of brass and a face all ablaze with fire?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Empusa

Xanthias tells Dionysus that he sees a great beast ahead of them, which never stays the same. Now a bull, then a mule, now a good looking girl, then a dog. Dionysus recognizes her as Empusa.

16. Who first appeared when Dionysus knocked on Pluto's door?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Aeacus

When Aecus answered the door, Dionysus posed as Heracles.

17. Who was the landlady's lawyer?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Cleon

The lanlady asked for her lawyer, Cleon, as she mistook Dionysus for the one who had eaten nearly all her food and then, when informed of the bill, had threatened her with his dagger and run off.

18. What two poets were competing for the throne?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Aeschylus and Euripides

19. According to Aeschylus, who brought 'oracular wisdom, and magical methods of healing'?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Musaeus

Orpheus taught 'to reverence life, a religion of mystical piety'. 'Hesiod told of the tillage of earth, her opulent beauty revealing.'

20. Who was declared the victor?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Aeschylus

21. Who was the judge of the competition?

From Quiz Aristophanes' Frogs

Answer: Dionysus

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