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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leaves the stage right before the Chorus starts their fourth ode?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Tiresius.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Pentheus.

2. According to the Chorus, who dwells on Cyprus?
(a) The love gods.
(b) The lust gods.
(c) The tempting gods.
(d) The alluring gods.

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

4. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?
(a) Madman and rich.
(b) Madman and idiot.
(c) Madman and fool.
(d) Madman and philospher.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the first messenger describes how the women slept, what word does he use?

2. The Chorus says, "I envy not deep _______."

3. What kind of monster does the Chorus think Agave might say Pentheus is birthed from?

4. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?

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

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