The Frogs Quizzes

The Frogs Quiz 1

1 What year was Frogs written?
406 BCE

405 CE

420 BCE

405 BCE
2 The play is an example of
Reformed Comedy

New Comedy

Old Comedy

Middle Comedy
3 The play was written amidst
the Great War

the Peleponnesian Wars

the Punic Wars

the Trojan War
4 In its time the play was
well-received

reviled

tolerated but not popular

generally ignored
5 Frogs premiered at a festival honoring
Demeter

Aphrodite

Dionysus

Athena
6 In ancient Greek comedies,
conventions were upheld

the actors did not wear masks or costumes

conventions were relaxed

no slang was tolerated
7 Aristophanes was from
Athens

Argos

Carthage

Corinth
8 The political system in Athens was a/an
anarchy

dictatorship

democracy

oligarchy
9 One of the main themes of the work is
the power of romantic love

friendship

Athens's decline

the rise of Christianity
10 Comedies were
limited by free speech laws

devoid of political commentary

less popular than tragedies

often crass and controversial
11 Who is the protagonist of the play?
Dionysus

Pluto

Heracles

Xanthias
12 Dionysus is dressed as
Zeus

Heracles

Pluto

Xanthias
13 What does Xanthias ride?
An ox

Nothing

A donkey

A horse
14 When Heracles sees Dionysus's costume, he
punches him

pretends he doesn't notice it

bursts out laughing

criticizes its veracity
15 Dionysus compares his longing for Euripides with a longing for
minestrone

meat

wine

grapes
16 Why does Dionysus want to get Euripides from Hades?
He has a score to settle with him

His lover wants him back

He has to talk to him about his fate

He needs a talented poet
17 Heracles suggests all of the following playwrights to Dionysus except
Iophon

Sophocles

Aeschylus

Agathon
18 Dionysus says the poet he wants must be
reserved

witty

potent

sensitive
19 What does Dionysus want from Heracles?
Money

Insight into Euripides's character

To attain his blessing

Advice about the journey to Hades
20 Heracles suggests all the following modes of suicide except
hanging

hemlock

drowning

jumping off a tower
21 How much does the fare to Hades cost?
Six obols

Two obols

Ten obols

Four obols
22 Heracles's description of Hades includes all of the following except
a Chorus of Initiates

Cerberus

a river of shit

the damned
23 Who does Dionysus initially try to get to carry their bags to Hades?
A corpse

Cerberus

The Chorus of Initiates

Heracles
24 Who is Charon?
The corpse

The innkeeper in Hades

The ferryman on the river Styx

Pluto's slave
25 Xanthias cannot ride in the boat because
Dionysus is tired of him

Charon does not like him

he is a slave

he is too fat

In The Frogs, we come to learn that Heracles prefers Sophocles while Dionysus prefers Euripides. Heracles, according to Arisophanes, is the ideal citizen, preferring the noble, pious, and moral Sophocles. Dionysus, on the other hand is an art...

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Satire as portrayed in the Frogs of Aristophanes

One of the notable themes of the play is identity, which is unsurprising given the fact that mistaken and switched identity was a popular element of Greek theater. It is not only amusing but can propel the plot forward, provide insight into...

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What is the stage direction at the beginning of frogs?

Sorry, I don't have the stage directions for the play.

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The Frogs

by Aristophanes

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