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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?
(a) Madness.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Lust.
(d) Revenge.

2. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?
(a) Oak and pine.
(b) Maple and pine.
(c) Holly and pine.
(d) Evergreen and pine.

3. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?
(a) Self-interest.
(b) Restraint.
(c) Self-possession.
(d) Abandon.

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

5. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?
(a) A pheonix.
(b) A human.
(c) A monster.
(d) A minotaur.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?

2. Who leaves the stage right before the Chorus enters for the first time?

3. Pentheus scolds Cadmus for looking ________.

4. This Chorus's point of view is that Dionysus is what?

5. According to the Chorus, who dwells on Cyprus?

(see the answer key)

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