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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who cures the grief of the ________ and the ________.
(a) Adult, child.
(b) Rich, poor.
(c) Slave, master.
(d) Woman, man.

2. According to the Chorus, who was "sprung of a dragon of old?"
(a) Cadmus.
(b) Pentheus.
(c) Dionysus.
(d) Tiberius.

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

4. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Myth.
(c) Comparison.
(d) Hyperbole.

5. The Chorus asks Dionysus to lead them places and act as their what?
(a) Divine guide.
(b) Godly guide.
(c) Celestial guide.
(d) Kingly guide.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Chorus says that Cyprus is the isle of what goddess?

2. Who is Pentheus's father?

3. What kind of relationship did Dionysus's father have with his mother?

4. What story does Pentheus scoff at?

5. Why is the soldier ashamed to bring Dionysus to Pentheus?

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