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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus says that Dionysus makes his followers laugh away what?
(a) Life's troubles.
(b) Small things.
(c) Dull care.
(d) Differences between them.

2. Where does the first messenger say he comes from?
(a) Athens.
(b) Cucluos.
(c) Delphi.
(d) Cithaeron.

3. The Chorus says that sophistry is not what?
(a) Folly.
(b) Senseless.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Practical.

4. What is Hellas?
(a) The after-life.
(b) A temple in Delphi.
(c) Greece.
(d) A mountain.

5. After Cadmus and Tiresius talk to Pentheus, what does the Chorus call Pentheus?
(a) A miser.
(b) A blasphemer.
(c) A fool.
(d) A dead man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of herd was the first messenger driving when he came upon the women?

2. What instrument does the Chorus say Dionysus can "wake?"

3. Who is supposed to be inspired by the Chorus's fourth ode?

4. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who cures the grief of the ________ and the ________.

5. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who brings what?

(see the answer key)

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