The Frogs Quizzes

The Frogs Quiz 1

1 What year was Frogs written?
420 BCE

405 CE

405 BCE

406 BCE
2 The play is an example of
New Comedy

Reformed Comedy

Old Comedy

Middle Comedy
3 The play was written amidst
the Peleponnesian Wars

the Great War

the Punic Wars

the Trojan War
4 In its time the play was
tolerated but not popular

generally ignored

well-received

reviled
5 Frogs premiered at a festival honoring
Demeter

Dionysus

Athena

Aphrodite
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

Carthage

Argos

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

democracy

oligarchy

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

Athens's decline

the rise of Christianity

friendship
10 Comedies were
often crass and controversial

less popular than tragedies

devoid of political commentary

limited by free speech laws
11 Who is the protagonist of the play?
Xanthias

Heracles

Dionysus

Pluto
12 Dionysus is dressed as
Pluto

Xanthias

Heracles

Zeus
13 What does Xanthias ride?
An ox

A horse

Nothing

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

pretends he doesn't notice it

criticizes its veracity

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

minestrone

meat

wine
16 Why does Dionysus want to get Euripides from Hades?
He has to talk to him about his fate

He has a score to settle with him

His lover wants him back

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

Aeschylus

Iophon

Agathon
18 Dionysus says the poet he wants must be
sensitive

reserved

potent

witty
19 What does Dionysus want from Heracles?
Money

To attain his blessing

Insight into Euripides's character

Advice about the journey to Hades
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?
Two obols

Four obols

Six obols

Ten obols
22 Heracles's description of Hades includes all of the following except
the damned

a Chorus of Initiates

Cerberus

a river of shit
23 Who does Dionysus initially try to get to carry their bags to Hades?
The Chorus of Initiates

Heracles

A corpse

Cerberus
24 Who is Charon?
Pluto's slave

The innkeeper in Hades

The ferryman on the river Styx

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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Answered by jill d #170087 on 6/27/2022 12:46 PM

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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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Answered by Aslan on 6/6/2021 5:21 PM

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The Frogs

by Aristophanes

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