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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Chorus, the end of all unbridled speech would bring what?
(a) Law.
(b) Reason.
(c) Passion.
(d) Misery.

2. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?
(a) Magestic.
(b) Powerful.
(c) Holy.
(d) Rich.

3. The first messenger reports that when they tried to bring Pentheus's mother back from the group of women, the women went mad and destroyed what?
(a) A flock of birds.
(b) A herd of cattle.
(c) A town of men.
(d) A herd of sheep.

4. What did Dionysus raise "twixt heaven and earth" when he spoke from heaven?
(a) A column of flame.
(b) A waterfall.
(c) A cloud.
(d) A darkness.

5. The Chorus says that although divine power is slow, it will punish who?
(a) The false gods.
(b) All people.
(c) The arrogant.
(d) The misguided.

Short Answer Questions

1. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?

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

3. What does Tiresius suffer from?

4. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?

5. According to the soldier when he brings Dionysus, what happened to the women in their prison?

(see the answer key)

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