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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fourth Episode.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the servant who brings Dionysus in to Pentheus refer to Dionysus?
(a) As prey.
(b) As a slave.
(c) As a man.
(d) As a king.

2. The Chorus compares "tossing my neck to heaven's dewey breath" to what animal?
(a) Dolphin.
(b) Cow.
(c) Fawn.
(d) Horse.

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

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

5. Where is Pentheus's mother at the beginning of the play?
(a) With the other women.
(b) By herself in her rooms.
(c) Traveling abroad.
(d) In the catacombs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of meat do the worshipers of Dionysus eat?

3. The Chorus extolls the virtue of simple what?

4. Who is the writer of this play?

5. What do the women tie around their waists, according to the first messenger?

(see the answer key)

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