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The Bacchae Quiz

Euripides
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The Bacchae Quiz

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1)

Which foreign river is never fed by rain, according to the Chorus? (from First Choral Ode)

Papalossa.
Protean.
Photos.
Paphos.
2)

What does Agave want Pentheus to do with the head she has brought to Thebes? (from Exodos)

Serve it for dinner.
Nail it on the wall.
Put it in the dining room.
Throw it in the river.
3)

How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus? (from Second Episode)

As prey.
As a king.
As a man.
As a slave.
4)

The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what? (from First Choral Ode)

Kingly guide.
Godly guide.
Divine guide.
Celestial guide.
5)

When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, Dionysus says that all foreigners celebrate his mysteries with what? (from Second Episode)

Festivals.
Parties.
Dances.
Feasts.
6)

Who is the "king" for the Chorus? (from Third Episode)

Pentheus.
Dionysus.
Tiberius.
Semele.
7)

How does Agave, when she first enters the city, characterize the beast the daughters of Cadmus have hunted? (from Exodos)

As a tame beast.
As a male beast.
As a sneaky beast.
As a wild beast.
8)

What happens to Agave at the end of the play? (from Exodos)

She suicides.
She is killed.
She is banished.
She becomes a priestess.
9)

What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?" (from Second Choral Ode)

The father of irrigation.
The father of streams.
The father of sprinklers.
The father of rivers.
10)

Why is the soldier ashamed to bring Dionysus to Pentheus? (from Second Episode)

Because the soldier doesn't like Pentheus.
Because the soldier believes in Dionysus as a god.
Because he came so willingly.
Because he is an old man.
11)

According to the Chorus, who will be the first person to "mark" Pentheus? (from Fourth Choral Ode)

HIs aunt.
His daughter.
His sister.
His mother.
12)

When the first messenger describes how the women slept, what word does he use? (from Third Episode)

Modestly.
Lonely.
Capriciousness.
Sexually.
13)

Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom? (from Second Episode)

To make things for him.
To quiet their drumming.
To do something with their lives.
To honor other gods and goddesses.
14)

What did Dionysus raise "twixt heaven and earth" when he spoke from heaven? (from Fifth Episode)

A column of flame.
A cloud.
A darkness.
A waterfall.
15)

If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what? (from First Choral Ode)

Madman and philospher.
Madman and fool.
Madman and rich.
Madman and idiot.
16)

Pentheus says that "women must not be mastered" by what? (from Fourth Episode)

Brute force.
Pretend gods.
Tricks and magic.
Unworthy men.
17)

What streams did the messenger cross once outside of Thebes? (from Fifth Episode)

Asopus.
Glopus.
Diasopus.
Trianaopus.
18)

When the Chorus says that there are a "myriad of hopes for all the myriad minds," what does myriad mean? (from Third Choral Ode)

Fulfilling.
Thoughtful.
Many.
Specific.
19)

What does the Chorus refer to as the "sure pledge of death" for Pentheus? (from Fifth Choral Ode)

Holding the fair crown of leaves.
Holding the fair Bacchic wand.
Holding the fair serpent girdle.
Holding the fair golden chalice.
20)

To whom do Cadmus and Agave complain that their punishment is too harsh? (from Exodos)

Zeus.
Dionysus.
The audience.
Each other.
21)

What is the Axius? (from Second Choral Ode)

A stream.
A sea.
An ocean.
A river.
22)

When Dionysus refers to "the seats of Nymphs" and "the place of Pan" what is he referring to? (from Fourth Episode)

Trees.
Forrests.
Rivers.
Hills.
23)

Why does the first messenger not want to tell Pentheus the truth of what he saw? (from Third Episode)

He didn't see anything.
He doesn't know the truth.
He fears Pentheus's rage.
He fears Pentheus's delight.
24)

How does Pentheus feel about the task he is undertaking in disguise? (from Fourth Episode)

Peverse.
Holy.
Righteous.
Happy.
25)

The Chorus says that "true wisdom is keeping the heart and soul aloof" from what? (from First Choral Ode)

Over-subtle wits.
Over-thinking philosophers.
Heavy thinkers.
Over-educated men.
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