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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?
(a) Not having a temple for him.
(b) Not honoring him at their festivals.
(c) Not giving tributes to him.
(d) Not worshiping him as a god.

4. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Grapes.

5. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.
(a) Honored.
(b) Revolted.
(c) Scared.
(d) Encouraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. What rises from the site of Dionysus's mother's death?

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

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

4. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?

5. Who are the Bacchae?

(see the answer key)

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