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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Axius?
(a) A river.
(b) A sea.
(c) A stream.
(d) An ocean.

2. Wildness and _________ are synonymous with the worship of Dionysus.
(a) Stoicness.
(b) Steadiness.
(c) Calmness.
(d) Holiness.

3. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"
(a) Sacchern.
(b) Olympus.
(c) Tmolus.
(d) Urals.

4. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?
(a) The leader of the cult.
(b) The women.
(c) The people giving money to the cult.
(d) All his followers.

5. What is the Parodos?
(a) A hymn of lament.
(b) A hymn of praise.
(c) A hymn of desire.
(d) A hymn of longing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?

2. According to the Chorus, why does Dionysus chase the goat?

3. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?

4. Because of what happened to the women, the soldier thinks that Dionysus causes what?

5. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?

(see the answer key)

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