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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) Animal skins.
(b) Leaves and branches.
(c) Robes of purple.
(d) Simple clothes.

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

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

4. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?
(a) Oak and pine.
(b) Maple and pine.
(c) Evergreen and pine.
(d) Holly and pine.

5. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?
(a) Raw meat.
(b) Cooked meat.
(c) Old meat.
(d) Fresh meat.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Chorus, why does Dionysus chase the goat?

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

3. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?

4. In the Chorus's first lines, they believe that a happy man is one who leads what kind of life?

5. Pentheus is ______ by the worshipers of Dionysus.

(see the answer key)

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