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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What body part kept Dionysus until he was born?
(a) A head.
(b) A stomach.
(c) A thigh.
(d) An arm.

2. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her uncle.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her brother.

3. Who are the Bacchae?
(a) The Chorus.
(b) The unbelivers.
(c) Dionysus's followers.
(d) The priests of Dionysus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Semele?

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

3. Who is the writer of this play?

4. When Dionysus was born, he was crowned with a coronal of what?

5. The Chorus, in the Parodos, describes the joy of worship with what?

(see the answer key)

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