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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Tiresius and Cadmus wearing?
(a) Fawn skins.
(b) Cow skins.
(c) Sheep skins.
(d) Deer skins.

2. Tiresius tells Pentheus that the story of Dionysus is a what?
(a) Comparison.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Myth.

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

4. After Cadmus and Tiresius talk to Pentheus, what does the Chorus call Pentheus?
(a) A fool.
(b) A miser.
(c) A blasphemer.
(d) A dead man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dionysus cause to infect the women of Thebes?

2. The power of the gods, according to the Chorus, corrects the mortal what?

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

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

5. Wildness and _________ are synonymous with the worship of Dionysus.

(see the answer key)

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