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Quiz about Aristophanes Frogs
Quiz about Aristophanes Frogs

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.
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Author
JCSon
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
10,972
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
9 / 15
Plays
675
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Question 1 of 15
1. Who had Heracles gone down to Hades for? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. From which ship did Dionysus and Xanthias sink some twelve or thirteen Spartan ships? Hint


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


Question 4 of 15
4. Who was 'the only (poetic) blessing that remains to us'? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Who was gone to the Elysian Feasts of Macedon? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. How much did the aged salt, Charon, charge to row a person over the enormous lake? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. What name did Charon call Dionysus? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. How much did the corpse want in exchange for carrying the pack? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Who had one leg of brass and a face all ablaze with fire? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Who first appeared when Dionysus knocked on Pluto's door? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who was the landlady's lawyer? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. What two poets were competing for the throne? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. According to Aeschylus, who brought 'oracular wisdom, and magical methods of healing'? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Who was declared the victor? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Who was the judge of the competition? Hint



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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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