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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Choral Ode.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who cures the grief of the ________ and the ________.
(a) Adult, child.
(b) Slave, master.
(c) Woman, man.
(d) Rich, poor.

2. The Chorus says that sophistry is not what?
(a) Senseless.
(b) Practical.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Folly.

3. What does Dionysus ask the Chorus to "abandon" Pentheus's halls to?
(a) The unbelievers.
(b) The flames.
(c) The hills.
(d) The animals.

4. Which foreign river is never fed by rain, according to the Chorus?
(a) Protean.
(b) Photos.
(c) Papalossa.
(d) Paphos.

5. The first messenger reports that when they tried to bring Pentheus's mother back from the group of women, the women went mad and destroyed what?
(a) A herd of cattle.
(b) A flock of birds.
(c) A town of men.
(d) A herd of sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of heart does the Chorus think Pentheus has in his quest against the women?

2. How does the Chorus characterize Pentheus's intent to meddle with the rites of Dionysus?

3. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?

4. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?

5. What do the women tie around their waists, according to the first messenger?

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