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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Pentheus scolds Cadmus for looking ________.
(a) Foolish.
(b) Worshipful.
(c) Happy.
(d) Sad.

4. When Dionysus says, multiple times, that the god is before Pentheus, what is Pentheus' reaction?
(a) He is confused.
(b) He is greatful.
(c) He is full of praise.
(d) He is awed.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?

3. The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what?

4. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?

5. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?

(see the answer key)

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