The Frogs Quizzes

The Frogs Quiz 1

1 What year was Frogs written?
405 CE

420 BCE

405 BCE

406 BCE
2 The play is an example of
Old Comedy

Middle Comedy

Reformed Comedy

New Comedy
3 The play was written amidst
the Punic Wars

the Great War

the Trojan War

the Peleponnesian Wars
4 In its time the play was
tolerated but not popular

reviled

generally ignored

well-received
5 Frogs premiered at a festival honoring
Demeter

Dionysus

Athena

Aphrodite
6 In ancient Greek comedies,
conventions were relaxed

no slang was tolerated

the actors did not wear masks or costumes

conventions were upheld
7 Aristophanes was from
Argos

Carthage

Corinth

Athens
8 The political system in Athens was a/an
democracy

oligarchy

anarchy

dictatorship
9 One of the main themes of the work is
the rise of Christianity

Athens's decline

friendship

the power of romantic love
10 Comedies were
limited by free speech laws

less popular than tragedies

devoid of political commentary

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

Heracles

Xanthias

Pluto
12 Dionysus is dressed as
Xanthias

Heracles

Pluto

Zeus
13 What does Xanthias ride?
Nothing

A horse

An ox

A donkey
14 When Heracles sees Dionysus's costume, he
bursts out laughing

criticizes its veracity

pretends he doesn't notice it

punches him
15 Dionysus compares his longing for Euripides with a longing for
grapes

wine

meat

minestrone
16 Why does Dionysus want to get Euripides from Hades?
His lover wants him back

He needs a talented poet

He has to talk to him about his fate

He has a score to settle with him
17 Heracles suggests all of the following playwrights to Dionysus except
Agathon

Iophon

Aeschylus

Sophocles
18 Dionysus says the poet he wants must be
witty

sensitive

potent

reserved
19 What does Dionysus want from Heracles?
Advice about the journey to Hades

Money

To attain his blessing

Insight into Euripides's character
20 Heracles suggests all the following modes of suicide except
drowning

hemlock

jumping off a tower

hanging
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
the damned

a Chorus of Initiates

a river of shit

Cerberus
23 Who does Dionysus initially try to get to carry their bags to Hades?
Heracles

The Chorus of Initiates

Cerberus

A corpse
24 Who is Charon?
The ferryman on the river Styx

Pluto's slave

The innkeeper in Hades

The corpse
25 Xanthias cannot ride in the boat because
Charon does not like him

he is too fat

he is a slave

Dionysus is tired of him

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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