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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?
(a) Traveling abroad.
(b) In the catacombs.
(c) With the other women.
(d) By herself in her rooms.

2. According to the Chorus, why does Dionysus chase the goat?
(a) To wear its horns.
(b) To have company.
(c) To drink its blood.
(d) To eat its meat.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Bacchae?

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

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

4. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.

5. What body part kept Dionysus until he was born?

(see the answer key)

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