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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 are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing on their heads?
(a) Wreaths of branches.
(b) Garlands of leaves.
(c) Garlands of flowers.
(d) Crowns of gold.

2. During the third ode, the Chorus looks forward to what?
(a) Dionysus's revenge.
(b) Pentheus's homage to Dionysus.
(c) Dionysus's reconciliation with his family.
(d) Pentheus's success.

3. According to the Chorus, where did Pentheus put his prisoner?
(a) A gloomy dungeon.
(b) A stinky stable.
(c) A hole in the earth.
(d) A tower too high to climb.

4. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?
(a) Cow skins.
(b) Deer skins.
(c) Sheep skins.
(d) Fawn skins.

5. When Dionysus says, multiple times, that the god is before Pentheus, what is Pentheus' reaction?
(a) He is awed.
(b) He is greatful.
(c) He is full of praise.
(d) He is confused.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus compares being happy to escaping what, from the sea?

2. Pentheus accuses Tiresius of supporting Dionysus for what reasons?

3. What would a follower of Dionysus "brandish" while wearing a crown of ivy?

4. Who is Pentheus's father?

5. Pentheus is disturbed by the conversation with Cadmus and Tiresius and orders the destruction of Tiresius's what?

(see the answer key)

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