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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Pentheus want the women to spin at the loom?
(a) To honor other gods and goddesses.
(b) To do something with their lives.
(c) To quiet their drumming.
(d) To make things for him.

3. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?
(a) A pheonix.
(b) A human.
(c) A monster.
(d) A minotaur.

4. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?
(a) Athens.
(b) England.
(c) Persia.
(d) Sparta.

5. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?
(a) Pretending to be women.
(b) Honoring Dionysus.
(c) Praying to Dionysus in the temple.
(d) Partying with the women.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Cadmus and Tiresius talk to Pentheus, what does the Chorus call Pentheus?

2. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?

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

4. What rises from the site of Dionysus's mother's death?

5. On which mountain do the Pierian Muses have their "haunt most fair?"

(see the answer key)

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