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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the worshipers of Dionysus dress in?
(a) Robes of purple.
(b) Simple clothes.
(c) Leaves and branches.
(d) Animal skins.

2. What rises from the site of Dionysus's mother's death?
(a) A tree.
(b) A mountain.
(c) Smoke.
(d) A vine.

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

4. What would a follower of Dionysus "brandish" while wearing a crown of ivy?
(a) A frustus.
(b) A spear.
(c) A sword.
(d) A thyrsus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?

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

3. When the Chorus says "Like a colt that gambols at its mother's side," who are they saying is the colt?

4. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?

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

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