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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dionysus wants to punish people in Thebes for what?
(a) Not giving tributes to him.
(b) Not honoring him at their festivals.
(c) Not having a temple for him.
(d) Not worshiping him as a god.

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

3. The Chorus says that Cyprus is the isle of what goddess?
(a) Fate.
(b) Aphrodite.
(c) Artemis.
(d) Persephone.

4. Pentheus says that he will do what to the women he has captured?
(a) Keep them in the prison.
(b) Return them to their families.
(c) Make them his mistresses.
(d) Sell them as slaves.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?

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

4. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?

5. When the Chorus says "Like a colt that gambols at its mother's side," who are they saying is the colt?

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