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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fifth Episode.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What place does the Chorus call the "haunt of beasts?"
(a) Thames.
(b) Corus.
(c) Nysa.
(d) Earth.

2. What does Dionysus ask the Chorus to "abandon" Pentheus's halls to?
(a) The flames.
(b) The unbelievers.
(c) The animals.
(d) The hills.

3. Pentheus says that "women must not be mastered" by what?
(a) Tricks and magic.
(b) Pretend gods.
(c) Brute force.
(d) Unworthy men.

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

5. The Chorus says that Dionysus makes his followers laugh away what?
(a) Life's troubles.
(b) Dull care.
(c) Small things.
(d) Differences between them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which foreign river is never fed by rain, according to the Chorus?

2. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?

3. Who says, "By this name, O Baccic god, I now proclaim thee to Thebes?"

4. The Chorus says that Dionysus is the "nurse divine of _______."

5. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?

(see the answer key)

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