Lysistrata Quizzes

Lysistrata Quiz 1

1 Who wrote the play?

Anne Carson

Aristophanes

Euripides

Socrates
2 Where did it premiere?

New York

Rome

Athens

London
3 To what era of Greek comedy does the play belong?

Old Comedy

New Comedy

Sentimental Comedy

Comedy of Errors
4 Which of the following is NOT a major theme in the play?

War

Sex

Gender

Class
5 When was it first performed?

411 BC

404 BC

512 BC

433 BC
6 Where does the play take place?

Sparta

Egypt

Rome

Athens
7 What is the main conflict?

A sex strike to protest the war

The end of the war brings an economic recession

An abusive marriage

Unrequited love
8 Which war is depicted?

The Peloponnesian War

Corinthian War

Greco-Persian Wars

Fourth Macedonian War
9 Which of the following is NOT an Aristophanes play?

The Clouds

The Birds

The Frogs

The Lambs
10 What would a traditional performance begin with?

A Bacchanalia

A musical number

A monologue

A fire safety announcement
11 What is a Bacchanalia?

A party with drinking and sexually charged play

A little formal dance

A strict religious ritual

A prayer that only women say
12 Who enters first?

Myrrhina

Lysistrata

Calonice

Lampito
13 Who organizes the sex strike?

Lampito

Calonice

Myrrhina

Lysistrata
14 How does Lysistrata know Calonice?

They are childhood friends

They are sworn enemies

They are neighbors

They are sisters
15 What is notable about the entrance of people from Anagyra?

They smell

They are very tall

They have unibrows

They are beautiful
16 Where is Lampito from?

Corinth

Athens

Egypt

Sparta
17 How does Aristophanes write the Spartan characters?

As painstakingly articulate and careful

As thick-headed and a little dumb

As virtually mute

As cheery and bright
18 What attribute of Lampito's does Calonice admire?

Her butt

Her breasts

Her legs

Her arms
19 What is notable about Lampito's Theban friend?

She has a shaved head

She trims her pubic hair

She has a mustache

She is wearing a lot of makeup
20 Who is the first to agree to Lysistrata's plan?

Myrrhina

Cinesias

Lampito

Calonice
21 What is an extra part of the plan, beyond denying their husbands' sex?

The women plot to make themselves sexually repellant

The women plot to make themselves sexually irresistible

The women plot to hide in a nearby forest

The women plot to play various pranks on the men
22 Where do the women go while they are staging this protest?

The Acropolis

A cave

Lysistrata's house

A tavern
23 What does Lysistrata want them to swear the oath over at first?

Sheep entrails

Bread

A dead cow

Water
24 What do they end up swearing over?

Fruit

Bread

A dead cat

Thasian wine
25 What do the men try and storm the Acropolis with?

Their erections

Torches

Water

Spears

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