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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What describes the stories that Pentheus shares about the women and their worship of Dionysus?
(a) Praising.
(b) Scandalous.
(c) Frightful.
(d) Enlightened.

2. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"
(a) Earth.
(b) Nysa.
(c) Corus.
(d) Thames.

3. According to the messenger, what has Pentheus's mother won?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Ridicule.
(c) Tears.
(d) Power.

4. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?
(a) A marriage.
(b) A fling.
(c) A ritual.
(d) An affair.

5. According to the Chorus, why does Dionysus chase the goat?
(a) To drink its blood.
(b) To eat its meat.
(c) To have company.
(d) To wear its horns.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?

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

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

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