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

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. The Chorus says they have traveled over what "holy ridge" to "hasten to a pleasant task?"
(a) Urals.
(b) Tmolus.
(c) Sacchern.
(d) Olympus.

3. What destroyed Dionysus's mother?
(a) A thunder storm.
(b) A thunder strike.
(c) A lightening flash.
(d) A lightening strike.

4. Cadmus tells Pentheus that if he would call Dionysus a god, it would do what?
(a) Calm the women.
(b) Honor the whole family.
(c) Stop his desire for revenge.
(d) Prevent disaster.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Chorus praying for in the second ode?

2. Where has the cult that is in Thebes come from?

3. Pentheus is obsessed with what aspect of the women's behavior?

4. The Chorus praises Dionysus as a god who cures the grief of the ________ and the ________.

5. Who says, "By this name, O Baccic god, I now proclaim thee to Thebes?"

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