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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tiresius says that failing to give honor where honor is due is what?
(a) Inviting revenge.
(b) A shame.
(c) Real madness.
(d) A folly.

2. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?
(a) Calm the women.
(b) Honor the whole family.
(c) Stop his desire for revenge.
(d) Prevent disaster.

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

4. What story does Pentheus scoff at?
(a) Dionysus's travels.
(b) Dionysus's birth.
(c) Dionysus's prophet.
(d) Dionysus's life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Pentheus holds what title?

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

3. Pentheus is obsessed with what aspect of the women's behavior?

4. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?

5. The Chorus wants Thebes to "burst forth" with boughs of what?

(see the answer key)

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