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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus compares being happy to escaping what, from the sea?
(a) The traps.
(b) The sharks.
(c) The waves.
(d) The undertow.

2. The Chorus says that true wisdom, as granted by the heavens to the mortals, is to gain mastery over what?
(a) A fallen foe.
(b) The wilderness.
(c) Other men.
(d) The beasts of the field.

3. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?
(a) Oak and pine.
(b) Evergreen and pine.
(c) Maple and pine.
(d) Holly and pine.

4. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?
(a) Myth.
(b) Comparison.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. What do the worshipers of Dionysus dress in?
(a) Leaves and branches.
(b) Animal skins.
(c) Robes of purple.
(d) Simple clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus extols the virtues of the simple man who lives within what?

2. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?

3. The Chorus compares "tossing my neck to heaven's dewey breath" to what animal?

4. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?

5. According to the Chorus, who is Zeus's father?

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