Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Clouds? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Who says, "Oh dammit, why'd you light the thirsty lamp? Come here and take your beating!"?
Strepsiades
Pheidippides
Socrates
The pupil who shows Strepsiades around the Thinkery
Q. Who says, "I'll tell you, then. But these are holy secrets. This morning Socrates asked Chaerephon / how many of its own feet a flea can jump / A flea had bitten Chaerephon on the eyebrow / and then jumped off and landed on Socrates' head"?
Strepsiades
Pheidippides
Socrates
The pupil who shows Strepsiades around the Thinkery
Q. Who says, "You've made the younger generation uninterested in education. / Just wait until the Athenians / find out what fools you've made of them!"?
Worse Argument
Better Argument
Socrates
Strepsiades
Q. Who says, "Yuk! That scum! I know who you mean. The charlatans, / the pasty-faces, the ones who don't wear shoes, / like that miserable Socrates and Chaerephon"?
Pheidippides
Socrates
Strepsiades
The pupil who shows Strepsiades around the Thinkery
Q. Who says, "Greetings, superannuated codger, seeking artful words; / you too, priest of subtlest hogwash, tell us what your heart desires. / You alone we listen to, of all the scientists today, / Prodicus excepted, for his cleverness and judgment fine. / You we like because you swagger all over town, and roll your eyes, / barefoot, suffering every kind of woe, and proud on our account"?
Socrates
The pupil who shows Strepsiades around the Thinkery
Strepsiades
The Clouds