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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pentheus scolds Cadmus for looking ________.
(a) Happy.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Sad.
(d) Worshipful.

2. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?
(a) Deer skins.
(b) Cow skins.
(c) Fawn skins.
(d) Sheep skins.

3. What story does Pentheus scoff at?
(a) Dionysus's life.
(b) Dionysus's travels.
(c) Dionysus's prophet.
(d) Dionysus's birth.

4. Wildness and _________ are synonymous with the worship of Dionysus.
(a) Steadiness.
(b) Calmness.
(c) Stoicness.
(d) Holiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the writer of this play?

2. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"

3. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?

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

5. What is Semele?

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