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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Pentheus is his mother carrying to the city?
(a) His hand.
(b) His leg.
(c) His ear.
(d) His head.

2. The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what?
(a) Kingly guide.
(b) Godly guide.
(c) Celestial guide.
(d) Divine guide.

3. What is the point the Chorus makes in their second ode?
(a) Praising Pentheus.
(b) Denouncing Pentheus.
(c) Mocking Pentheus.
(d) Honoring Pentheus.

4. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?
(a) A thunder strike.
(b) A thunder storm.
(c) A lightening flash.
(d) A lightening strike.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When the Chorus says that there are a "myriad of hopes for all the myriad minds," what does myriad mean?

3. The Chorus extols the virtues of the simple man who lives within what?

4. What story is told in the Chorus's first appearance?

5. According to the Chorus, who is Zeus's father?

(see the answer key)

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