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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Pentheus orders the capture of Dionysus and who?
(a) The people giving money to the cult.
(b) The leader of the cult.
(c) All his followers.
(d) The women.

4. Who is Pentheus's father?
(a) Esseles.
(b) Echion.
(c) Eggarton.
(d) Escabe.

5. What story is told in the Chorus's first appearance?
(a) Dionysus's history.
(b) Dionysus's death.
(c) Dionysus's birth.
(d) Dionysus's revenge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which foreign river is never fed by rain, according to the Chorus?

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

3. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?

4. What does Tiresius suffer from?

5. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who brings what?

(see the answer key)

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