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Aristophanes' Frogs Trivia Quiz

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!

A multiple-choice quiz by JCSon. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
JCSon

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
10,972

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
700

Last 3 plays: Guest 49 (4/15), Guest 88 (10/15), Guest 90 (11/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who had Heracles gone down to Hades for? Hint

Callius

Cerberus

Agathon

Xanthias

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Question 2 of 15

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

Andromeda

Cleisthenes

Tiny Molon

Pythangelus

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Question 3 of 15

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

Aeschylus

Euripides

Sophocles

Cleisthenes

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Question 4 of 15

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

Agathon

Iophon

Xenocles

Pythangelus

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Question 5 of 15

5. Who was gone to the Elysian Feasts of Macedon? Hint

Pythangelus

Iophon

Agathon

Xenocles

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Question 6 of 15

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

three obols

five obols

two drachmas

two obols

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Question 7 of 15

7. What name did Charon call Dionysus? Hint

Chump

Idiot

Fatty

Blessed one

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Question 8 of 15

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

two obols

four bits

six obols

two drachmas

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Question 9 of 15

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

Empusa

Heracles

Pluto

Thoricion

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Question 10 of 15

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

Aeacus

Plathane

Landlady

Pluto

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Question 11 of 15

11. Who was the landlady's lawyer? Hint

Plataen

Charon

Cleon

Alcmena

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Question 12 of 15

12. What two poets were competing for the throne? Hint

Aeschylus and Sophocles

Aeschylus and Euripides

Euripides and Sophocles

Aristophanes and Euripides

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Question 13 of 15

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

Musaeus

Orpheus

Hesiod

Pantacles

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Question 14 of 15

14. Who was declared the victor? Hint

Aeschylus

Euripides

Sophocles

Aristophanes

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Question 15 of 15

15. Who was the judge of the competition? Hint

Pluto

Dionysus

Sophocles

Heracles

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who had Heracles gone down to Hades for?

Answer: Cerberus

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

Answer: Cleisthenes

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

Answer: Euripides

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

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

Answer: Iophon

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

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

Answer: Agathon

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

Answer: two obols

7. What name did Charon call Dionysus?

Answer: Fatty

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

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

Answer: two drachmas

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

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.

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

Answer: Aeacus

When Aecus answered the door, Dionysus posed as Heracles.

11. Who was the landlady's lawyer?

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.

12. What two poets were competing for the throne?

Answer: Aeschylus and Euripides

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

Answer: Musaeus

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

14. Who was declared the victor?

Answer: Aeschylus

15. Who was the judge of the competition?

Answer: Dionysus

Source: Author JCSon

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