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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What describes the stories that Pentheus shares about the women and their worship of Dionysus?
(a) Frightful.
(b) Scandalous.
(c) Enlightened.
(d) Praising.

3. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?
(a) Madman and idiot.
(b) Madman and rich.
(c) Madman and philospher.
(d) Madman and fool.

4. What instrument does the Chorus say Dionysus can "wake?"
(a) The banjo.
(b) The harp.
(c) The piano.
(d) The flute.

5. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?
(a) Fawn skins.
(b) Deer skins.
(c) Sheep skins.
(d) Cow skins.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?

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

3. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?

4. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?

5. Tiresius says that failing to give honor where honor is due is what?

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