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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 honest behavior.
(b) Their childish behavior.
(c) Their prayerful behavior.
(d) Their sexual behavior.

2. What relationship is Pentheus to Dionysus?
(a) Half-brother.
(b) Brother.
(c) Nephew.
(d) Cousin.

3. What word describes both Tiresius and Cadmus?
(a) Youthful.
(b) Handsome.
(c) Old.
(d) Hearty.

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

5. At the beginning of the play, where are the women of Thebes?
(a) In their homes.
(b) At the river.
(c) Outside the city.
(d) In the temple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Dionysus's father?

3. Who does Dionysus address in the play's prologue?

4. If you aim too high, and miss the pleasures within your reach, the Chorus would consider you a what?

5. The Chorus says that Dionysus makes his followers laugh away what?

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