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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pentheus is obsessed with what aspect of the women's behavior?
(a) Their prayerful behavior.
(b) Their honest behavior.
(c) Their childish behavior.
(d) Their sexual behavior.

2. Who honors Dionysus's mother's burial site?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her uncle.

3. Who is Dionysus's father?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Pluto.
(d) Mars.

4. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?
(a) Lust.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Madness.
(d) Revenge.

5. Who says, "By this name, O Baccic god, I now proclaim thee to Thebes?"
(a) The Chorus.
(b) Semele.
(c) Cadmus.
(d) Hera.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the worshipers of Dionysus dress in?

2. What story does Pentheus scoff at?

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

4. The Chorus says, "What ______ ______ the earth-born race displays."

5. Dionysus has taken what form so he can punish people?

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