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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the Chorus praying for in the second ode?
(a) The release of the women.
(b) The intervention of Dionysus.
(c) The intervention of Zeus.
(d) The release of their cult leader.

3. On which mountain do the Pierian Muses have their "haunt most fair?"
(a) Mt. Olives.
(b) Mt. Othella.
(c) Mt. Oppilos.
(d) Mt. Olympus.

4. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.
(a) Appropriate response.
(b) Reasonable response.
(c) Safe response.
(d) Honorable response.

5. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Ivy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"

2. Who is Pentheus's father?

3. Because of what happened to the women, the soldier thinks that Dionysus causes what?

4. How does Tiresius respond to Pentheus's order to destroy his property?

5. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?

(see the answer key)

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