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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which foreign river is never fed by rain, according to the Chorus?
(a) Paphos.
(b) Photos.
(c) Papalossa.
(d) Protean.

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

3. The Chorus says that Dionysus makes his followers laugh away what?
(a) Life's troubles.
(b) Dull care.
(c) Small things.
(d) Differences between them.

4. What are Tiresius and Cadmus planning on doing?
(a) Praying to Dionysus in the temple.
(b) Partying with the women.
(c) Pretending to be women.
(d) Honoring Dionysus.

5. According to the Chorus, what is hateful to Dionysus?
(a) Not living the life of bliss.
(b) Not caring about the feasts.
(c) Not treating guests as family.
(d) Not believing in divinity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pentheus says that he will do what to the women he has captured?

2. What instrument does the Chorus say Dionysus can "wake?"

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

4. Pentheus is disturbed by the conversation with Cadmus and Tiresius and orders the destruction of Tiresius's what?

5. What "enriches with his waters a fair land of steeds?"

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