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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Parodos.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her son.

2. Who is Hera?
(a) Zeus's mother.
(b) Zeus's wife.
(c) Zeus's mistress.
(d) Zeus's sister.

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

4. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?
(a) Abandon.
(b) Self-interest.
(c) Restraint.
(d) Self-possession.

5. Pentheus holds what title?
(a) Philosopher.
(b) Ruler.
(c) Priest.
(d) King.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story is told in the Chorus's first appearance?

2. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?

3. What is the Parodos?

4. Who are the Bacchae?

5. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?

(see the answer key)

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