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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What emotion is the Chorus trying to inspire in their fourth ode?
(a) Piety.
(b) Lust.
(c) Rage.
(d) Happiness.

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

4. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who cures the grief of the ________ and the ________.
(a) Adult, child.
(b) Rich, poor.
(c) Slave, master.
(d) Woman, man.

5. According to the Chorus, what is hateful to Dionysus?
(a) Not caring about the feasts.
(b) Not living the life of bliss.
(c) Not believing in divinity.
(d) Not treating guests as family.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, the end of all unbridled speech would bring what?

2. The Chorus says that Dionysus makes his followers laugh away what?

3. How does the Chorus think that a mortal man should "live out his day and night?"

4. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?

5. The Chorus says that Cyprus is the isle of what goddess?

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