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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Flowers.

2. What word describes both Tiresius and Cadmus?
(a) Hearty.
(b) Old.
(c) Youthful.
(d) Handsome.

3. What story is told in the Chorus's first appearance?
(a) Dionysus's birth.
(b) Dionysus's history.
(c) Dionysus's revenge.
(d) Dionysus's death.

4. According to the Chorus, who was "sprung of a dragon of old?"
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Tiberius.
(d) Dionysus.

5. The Chorus suggests that worship is the only ________ ________ to the gods.
(a) Appropriate response.
(b) Honorable response.
(c) Safe response.
(d) Reasonable response.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Chorus praying for in the second ode?

2. Tiresius tells Pentheus not to rely on what, to dominate mankind?

3. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?

4. When Dionysus speaks to Pentheus for the first time, Dionysus says that all foreigners celebrate his mysteries with what?

5. According to the soldier when he brings Dionysus, what happened to the women in their prison?

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