Question

A character in this play is mocked for proposing ridiculous schemes like using a lens to burn up a clerk’s papers or getting a witch to shut a moon (10[1])into a box. In this play, that character (-5[1])is called stupid for forgetting the name of the instrument used to knead bread. (-5[1])A man in this play who claims to be “contemplating the sun” first appears while standing in a basket. (10[5])A student in this play (10[1])brags about how (10[1])his teacher (10[2])dipped (10[1])a flea’s (10[1])feet in wax (10[1])to measure the distance (10[1]-5[1])of its jump. (10[1])In this play, a character is sent to learn how (10[1])to argue away (10[2])the debts (10[1])he incurred (-5[1])with (-5[1])his passion for horse racing. (10[1]-5[1])That character beats his father (10[1])at the end of this play, after which the servant (10[1])Xanthias (10[1]-5[1])is called (10[1])to help (10[1])Strepsiades (-5[1])burn down (-5[1])The Thinkery. (10[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])Socrates is caricatured in what play by Aristophanes? (10[3])■END■ (10[7]0[5])

ANSWER: The Clouds [or Nephelai]
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