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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?
(a) An affair.
(b) A ritual.
(c) A fling.
(d) A marriage.

2. What is Semele?
(a) A nymph.
(b) A spirit.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A mortal.

3. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?
(a) A thunder strike.
(b) A lightening strike.
(c) A thunder storm.
(d) A lightening flash.

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

5. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?
(a) Mortals.
(b) His mother.
(c) The audience.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?

2. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?

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

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

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

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